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So. Much. Rain.

Will hadn't really been dry since he and Magnus picked up that supposedly docile vampire squid in the Gulf of Mexico, and he was getting really grumpy about it

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Uhura was fairing only slightly better with the rain. It just wasn't natural in her mind, this much of it, and she knew it wasn't natural for the island. Singing determinedly under her breath, really setting her mind to making the best of it, she headed into the kitchen for a cup of tea.

She glanced over at Will as she set the kettle on, quirking a brow at his bit of tech. "What have you got there?" she asked.

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"Hey, Uhura. It's an iPhone," he said, turning it around to show her. "You know, supposedly a phone, but more like a tiny computer. Useless as a phone here, obviously, but it's got some games and things on it to pass the time with."

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A phone, to Uhura, was an antiquated piece of technology, and the mention of it drew little more than an unmoved stare. But a computer, that she could be interested by.

"I always get confused on the progress of early 21st century tech," she explained, coming around the counter to Will's table, giving the iPhone a look over. "Remembering what came when. It looks so much like a PADD though. That's impressive."

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"Early 21st century?" Will asked, a little amused. "You make it sound like that was a long time ago or something." Will wasn't about to rule anything out, however; his boss was a hundred and fifty-eight, after all, and figures from Arthurian legend were among his first patients at the Sanctuary, so if she was from the future somehow, he really wouldn't be surprised.

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"Two hundred years or so," Uhura answered, playing with him by offering a nonplussed expression and easy shrug of her shoulders. "Would you call that a long time? I never know."

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Will coughed a little, choking on his coffee. A couple of years ago, Will would have immediately thought anyone claiming something like that must be suffering from some kind of delusional disorder (or else flat out lying) but he'd learned a lot in his nearly two years of working with Magnus, and was more inclined to believe it. "Uh, yeah," he said. "I'd call that a long time. This must be like an antique to you, huh?"

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She laughed softly, but not unkindly, at his reaction, laying a hand lightly on his shoulder just to ready should he really choke. "Just about," she admitted. "Actually, this is a step in the right direction. More like what we have working. A very rudimentary version, but still similar. Compared to everything else around here, I can almost respect that as technology," she said lightly.

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"You must have seen some incredible things," Will said thoughtfully. "I can't imagine what the world would be like in two hundred years. I'd ask you what it's like, but I guess it would probably take you all day to try to explain the differences."

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"Incredible's not the half of it," she said, a short laugh falling out after her words, to keep a tinge of melancholy forcibly at bay. "Two hundred years and I served on a starship. The change to just our planet is one thing, but trawling along on the edge of the galaxy shows you some things that defy explanation."

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"A starship." He looked at her for a minute, trying to decide if she was pulling his leg, but he wasn't picking up any of the normal clues that would give away someone who wasn't being honest. "On the edge of the galaxy. Are you for real?"

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"Very real," she assured him with another warm laugh. It was probably only funny to her at the moment, given the reels that she had seen. "Deep space exploration and peacekeeping detail. So not always on the edge of the galaxy, but we did visit some strange places."