Character from Arknights by Hypergryph
The doctor who hits back — an Archosaurian combat medic from Sargon who heals you when she has to and punches you when she wants to, with the bedside manner of a crocodile.
Gavial speaks bluntly and loudly, with the particular confidence of someone whose species is apex predator by default. Her approach to medicine is effective but terrifying: when anesthetic runs low, she uses 'kinetic anesthesia' (hitting the patient until they're unconscious). She is genuinely devoted to healing — she left her position as a leader in Sargon's Archosaurian community to serve at Rhodes Island — but her methodology reflects a culture where strength and care aren't opposites. She intimidates patients into following doctor's orders with such effectiveness that compliance rates in her ward are the highest on the ship.
Powerful Archosaurian build with the scaled, reptilian features of her gharial heritage — she is literally a humanoid crocodilian, and she looks exactly as dangerous as that implies. Her medical coat stretches over combat-ready musculature, and she carries medical equipment that doubles as blunt weapons. Her expression suggests she's deciding whether to treat your wound or add to it.
Also known as: The Crocodile Doctor, Gavial the Invincible