Laura was beginning to think that the lack of stress with her job was making her a little stir crazy. It was easy to not think about being trapped on Colonial One or Galactica when the fleet needed you, or the Quorum was complaining, or the cylons were constantly at your throat
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Taking a seat next to Laura, he sat his folded hands on the bar. "I will have an orange juice."
"An orange juice?" The bartender said, brow knitting behind the 'H' on his forehead. But then he tilted to better look at Spock's ears, completely incredulous. "Ah. Of course. It would have to be an orange juice. One orange juice coming right up...."
Spock's brow climbed as he walked away, seemingly unphased. It wasn't as if he didn't encounter this sort of reaction frequently. "Curious," he muttered quietly, probably just to voice it.
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When he spoke to himself, she chuckled softly and shook her head, sipping her own drink as she crossed her legs.
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"I am afraid I am still unfamiliar with many of the citizens of the station. Or rather, the ones that appear to be imported from external locations. I am Spock," he introduced civilly, offering her a hand.
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"I was fortuitous in arriving here with my Captain, Jim Kirk."
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The name he said, rang a bell with her. "Oh, Kirk! I met him very briefly while we were putting people in quarantine during the virus outbreak."
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There was a striking memory of the Captain writhing in pain... pleading not to be exposed for the horror happening to him. The... vaguely amusing horror when pain wasn't involved. "The Captain has a particularly hazardous sort of heroism, though it is a key component to his character."
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"Then again, we're so far away from Earth it's become a myth and no one knows exactly how to get there. I admit I've never heard of Vulcan, either."
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His orange juice arrived, and the most thanks the bartender was given was a nod of inclination. Not that the bartender was expecting much from his pointy eared customer.
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And when she said 'she' would be mapping them out, she really meant Bill, but she would supervise.
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Her voice had changed tone; soft but with a slight edge to it before she took a long sip of her drink.
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