Has anyone... seen Commander Spock recently?
[This isn't easy for her to ask, isn't easy for her to admit that she can't find him. Part of her is hoping that someone else knows where he is, that he's not gone. Part of her is hoping that no one else has seen him, either, because then that means he's not avoiding her. Either way, something is right
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[Jim has more or less assumed Spock was avoiding him--but Uhura's the last person he thinks Spock would cut off all contact from. The thought that he's gone, too... Jim pushes it away. But he sounds worried.]
Not for almost a month.
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No one has.
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I'm sure he's okay. I'm sure there's an explanation.
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[A pause so long he might actually think that she's gone away.]
He went home.
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Maybe he's doing those weird Vulcan meditation things.
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[Yes, she sounds just as awful as she looks.]
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[It's difficult to get a read on her feelings from her voice, which is pretty neutral. It's also the reason she's not on video.]
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[Which means she doesn't really want to think about it, but now she is, anyway.]
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[Every now and then between the flip of a page, Tony looks up to Uhura as she talks on her comm. His stare is a little less curious right then, and a little more knowing.]
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What is it, Tony?
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You miss someone.
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Yes.
[There's no reason to hide it from him. He's incredibly sensitive, and she doesn't want him to mistake something that's wrong with her as her thinking something is wrong with him.]
I lost a friend.
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[And now there's a hint of hope in her voice.]
Are you sure?
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