The sounds made him almost want to cry. Those sounds shouldn't have been coming from a human being and he couldn't stand hearing them come from the same human being that had triumphantly dumped fun-sized candy bars all over his Medbay bed.

He was just a kid.

And that was the problem. He was just a kid and he was a kid Rich cared about so he couldn't really do much against the onslaught of terrified animal attacks. Not without possibly hurting him.

"Sam, stop! Sam, please, c'mon kiddo -- ow, shit!"

It was a bite to his arm and kick and a twist that were all just enough to give Sam the right angle to have access to his face.