God, I wish I'd seen it. He's such a buzzkill sometimes, I swear. [He rolls his eyes as he says it, of course, even if Kirk can't see him doing it. It's required.] It takes a long time to get him to open up and relax a little. The guy's been all business, even since our penpal days. Getting normal conversation out of him can be like pulling teeth.
... Which is nuts coming from me, because I thought I had a one-track mind.
[A pause.]
But yeah, same place. We were the last two PPDC scientists left standing between earth and a hostile alien takeover, if you can believe it. Cut funding, shared labs, lots of arguing.
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God, I wish I'd seen it. He's such a buzzkill sometimes, I swear. [He rolls his eyes as he says it, of course, even if Kirk can't see him doing it. It's required.] It takes a long time to get him to open up and relax a little. The guy's been all business, even since our penpal days. Getting normal conversation out of him can be like pulling teeth.
... Which is nuts coming from me, because I thought I had a one-track mind.
[A pause.]
But yeah, same place. We were the last two PPDC scientists left standing between earth and a hostile alien takeover, if you can believe it. Cut funding, shared labs, lots of arguing.