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[talentd_tongue]

[The last thing Uhura needs right now is another complication. But she has one, definitely. A woman with her face, actively pretending to be her. At least it's been caught early. All of her personal security now requires more than just biological confirmation, since she can't know how close the two of them truly are. Access to her own office, to

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[rightawaydoctor]

Wait, your Empire counterpart is here? Oh, great. [So far, Scott and T'pol haven't given Christine any indication that they mean harm, but if Scott himself says she's a threat, then that's troubling.]

Let's set up a sign and a phrase, just to keep our bases covered. And it might even be a good idea to change them up every so often. Never know where she'll be hiding, trying to spy. If her hearing is anything like yours, it must be impressive.

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[talentd_tongue]

She is, yes, and you read my mind. I also think it would be wise to have me confirm myself over the network even during face to face interaction, since my transmission codes are something she won't be able to fake.

Please be very careful, Chapel. Don't trust me until you know I'm me.

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[rightawaydoctor]

You've got it. And, of course, if for some reason I run across you and you say you don't have your communicator on you, please understand that I'll be running the other way.

So what sort of signals and code words did you have in mind?

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[talentd_tongue]

Chapel, if you see me bleeding on the street, I expect you to toss me a beacon for emergency services to find me and be halfway down the block before I can activate it. [Only have kidding there, btw.]

It can't be anything too familiar. For some reason I've got cheesy old spy versus spy movies in my mind right now. Something like... there are three birds on a wire, the second bird is blue. Anything that has any meaning to us is something that could be mirrored in her world. [Yes, she feels ridiculous even suggesting something so cheesy, but maybe that's good. It means it's unexpected.]

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[rightawaydoctor]

Usually I'd say that goes against my pledge to uphold the Hippocratic Oath, but if Scott thinks she's dangerous, I can't take an chances.

Ok, that's a good one. Let me think up one so it's another step removed from her. How about... In a baker's dozen of doughnuts, there's four chocolate, four glazed, and five jelly filled.

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[talentd_tongue]

[Uhura laughs, just a little, the barest hint of sound. Because this is ridiculous, she knows it's ridiculous, but Chapel is taking it seriously, and that does give her some small relief. Ridiculous or no, it's another step in personal safety.]

You're making me hungry.

[She doesn't protest, though - it's as good a code as any, even if she's not a huge fan of doughnuts.]

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[rightawaydoctor]

Not something I often hear, but I'll take it. [All the better that she's not big on doughnuts, because chances are neither is the Empire's Uhura.]

How have you been holding up since you heard the news?

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[talentd_tongue]

I've been-- not all that great.

[Cause really, why bother trying to pretend otherwise?]

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[rightawaydoctor]

I can only start to imagine.

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[talentd_tongue]

I hope you never have to do anything but imagine what it's like.