[ It’s a tiny cracked door, but he’ll take it and sidle his way in. He’s been shot down in far worse ways. And James takes the conversation and La’an’s strained words in stride as he always does, with a cheerful sip of his drink, casual and affable and unflappable as if everything about this conversation is perfectly normal.
It’s one of his strengths: that easy charm, the way he often befriends people by not working himself into knots about it. ]
Seriously. Seemed like I had to buy you a drink before we all dissolved into blobs of paint, or wound up phased halfway across the universe, or turned into dinosaurs, or [ meeting our evil twins, he almost says, but thankfully manages to swallow it at the last second, pivoting: ] being transformed into our childhood selves or something. The Farragut’s had its share of weird incidents, sure, but the Enterprise seems to take the cake.
Not that that’s a bad thing, [ James is quick to add, shooting a sideways glance at her. ] It’s admirable, actually. How this crew works the problem together.
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It’s one of his strengths: that easy charm, the way he often befriends people by not working himself into knots about it. ]
Seriously. Seemed like I had to buy you a drink before we all dissolved into blobs of paint, or wound up phased halfway across the universe, or turned into dinosaurs, or [ meeting our evil twins, he almost says, but thankfully manages to swallow it at the last second, pivoting: ] being transformed into our childhood selves or something. The Farragut’s had its share of weird incidents, sure, but the Enterprise seems to take the cake.
Not that that’s a bad thing, [ James is quick to add, shooting a sideways glance at her. ] It’s admirable, actually. How this crew works the problem together.