[83] - [Voice, Private to Kay]

[doctor_j_crane]

Do I have your permission to work in the infirmary? They're short staffed.


[And another private to the Marquis]

Did you survive the port?

Comments

[most_feared]

Absolutely.

How about this. Until someone tells me otherwise? You have my permission to do whatever you want. If it requires warden access, come to me and I'll talk to the warden about it.

I think you're at the point you don't need me lurkin' over you like a paranoid babysitter. You've made a lotta smart choices lately.

[doctor_j_crane]

Oh. [How deal with this.] Well, thank you. I intend to live up to your expectations.

Were you injured during the flood? I spent most of it holed up with some rebels, for better or worse. We played a lot of cards.

[most_feared]

No. I've run extraction missions on hostile planets before. I've even been in arena fights before. [He had to escape being eaten in one in the worst way. Worse than even the bug.]

As much as people wanted to initiate a liberation movement and the state of the planet had descended into anarchy among the various ruling races, the regime was the current governing body and consisted of thousands of individuals that couldn't be deposed by an overthrow organized by a hundred people that just stepped foot on that world and were more than likely going to be yanked away three days later whether they wanted to be or not with no time to fully familiarize themselves with the history of the conflict and social weaknesses of the enemy.

Glad you kept out of trouble though. Good job helping out now.

[doctor_j_crane]

I hadn't imagined that your combat experience had been that extreme. It looks like it came in handy.

[A pause.] I admit, some of my desire to assist the infirmary now stems from the fact that I did so little in the port. I should have done more to help them.

[most_feared]

My combat experience is more extreme than I like it but enough that it's useful. But I got into it for the knowledge and keeping people safe. It was a bad place.

I think right now you could be a pretty big help. If Dr. McCoy needs me to be there for supervision, I can be. But I really think you're capable of making those decisions on your own.

[doctor_j_crane]

If there was ever a place that it would come in useful that was it. It may have been the most awful port I've witnessed.

I'll pass that message along to him. Hopefully he'll see reason. I'll be the first to admit that I haven't always got along with him in the past.

[most_feared]

We saw the aftermath of a bad world. [Which, reminds him of Eddie.]

If you have any trouble, let me know. He's kind of a hardass, [as if you're not, Kay.] but he just wants what's the best for his patients.

[doctor_j_crane]

Quite. It's not one that I would want to visit again.

He's agreed to it. I think I'd probably agree with your assessment. He does seems somewhat set in his views though.

[Private] ALMOST NOBODY SURVIVED

[impure_tale]

Just barely, and I'm ashamed to admit that I might have been better treated than others on account of my age. They did not know what to make of it. I am resting in my quarters. The doctors will forgive me if I do not bring myself to the infirmary, but I have rather missed Renate's company.

[Private] I'm gonna say that Barron died on arrival. ;-;

[doctor_j_crane]

Have you been injured? Because if you have been, you really ought to go to the infirmary regardless.

[Private]

[impure_tale]

I'll be fine with rest. If I find I'm having trouble I will go.

[Private]

[doctor_j_crane]

Just make sure that you think through your decisions thoroughly. You wouldn't want to do something that you'd come to regret later.