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[doctornoname]

[The EMH looks perturbed, thank you. Beside him on the desk is one of those hot breakfasts the Admiral handed out.

A hot breakfast he doesn't have the programming to eat.]

...Is this some kind of joke?

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[hopeless_hacker]

I got one too. If this is the Admiral's way of making me feel appreciated, he could have been a bit less...well...creepy.

[doctornoname]

Agreed.

It's slightly insensitive, if you ask me. After all, I don't have the programming to masticate, swallow, or digest food.

The note was thoughtful.

[hopeless_hacker]

'You are going to do well here'? Over a year late in coming as far as I'm concerned.

...Slightly insensitive, if you ask me.

[doctornoname]

Have you been doing well here?

[hopeless_hacker]

My last Inmate vanished on Christmas Eve and since then I've been almost entirely surplus to requirements, unless you count my shifts in the engine room. So really it's impossible to tell.

[doctornoname]

You restored my program in spite of the fact that you're from an earlier century. I wouldn't call you-

[Looong pause.]

You don't have an inmate?

[hopeless_hacker]

No. And nor do you, but everyone who says they haven't gotten one has.

Wonderful. The Admiral's taking pity on us.

[doctornoname]

Well, I'm giving my morale boost to Mr. Sexby. He seems very put off that he didn't receive one, and I'm not going to be eating it any time soon.

In any case. As I was saying, I wouldn't call you surplus.

[hopeless_hacker]

...

Thank you, Doctor.

Has everything been working as normal since the malfunction?

[doctornoname]

So far, so good. Thank you. I uploaded a backup of my program; in case this happens again, Commander Data should be able to help.

[t_x_unit]

This is a waste of resources.