[Repost] Zh’Dograk-Zeth -- Me little secrets
Rebecca Iko
((Level 23, Science and Research Centre, Amity Outpost))
Galanis: If you’ll both follow me this way, we can see the rest of Robotics on our way toward Neurosciences. Is there anything in particular you’ll be needing to perform your work, Lieutenant?
Taelon: Oh, yes - though I can make do if the station doesn’t have one, I’d prefer to have access to an annular biomimetic scanner. They’re very useful for doing in-depth brain scans, but they’re also not incredibly common. I was hoping, as a station, Amity might have one - the Gorkon doesn’t.
Dezzie raised her eyebrows. Looking inside people's minds… who knew what messed up things they might find in there.
Galanis: …Ah, yes, of course. The annular biomimetic scanner. I know what those are called… though there are so many different scanners. What does the particular model you’re looking for look like?
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: I promise to “look with my eyes” this time.
She put her hands behind her back, as if to confirm and solidify that this time she wouldn't go snooping in cupboards—the other scientists sense of adventure was vastly different to her own.
Taelon: Oh, it’d look like a white ring, about 5 feet across, with a band on the inside with the scannerheads. They’re kind of hell to calibrate unless you have existing patient records, since they need to be attuned to the correct spatial parameters of the patient’s cellular systems.
Galanis: We have plenty of medical specialists on hand that would be happy to help, given authorization. I suppose we also have a specialist in finding things in drawers, so if there’s one on board I’m sure we’ll find it.
Dezzie gave a smirk.
Taelon: It would be best to not touch things, ma’am; contamination of samples is a severe danger in Neuroscience. Likewise - ::He looked to Niev.:: It’d be best if we avoid the cleanrooms on our tour, Lieutenant; as much as I’d like to see them, the observation rooms would work better than trying to get in…
Dezzie raised her hands.
oO I said I'd look with ny eyes… Oo
They moved into the next room, and the other two scientists seemed so… serious. Like they had to make sure everything went right. And while, yes, someone playing with brains should hold themselves to some kind of professional standard, it didn't mean they could forget that sometimes experiments had to go wrong. Even a Horticulturist like Dezzie had forgotten to water plants before.
Galanis: I wouldn’t dream of it, Lieutenant. The last thing I need is another scientist returning the favor by treating my mineral samples like a rock collection… again. I imagine you’ll have to go through the proper channels if you’re looking to visit one of those.
Zh'Dograk-Zeth: That was Crissy. Not me.
At least, she thought it might have been Crissy. But he'd needed to analyse minerals too. Something, something, no leaning tower of Pisa on Idrustix…
The trio moved forward into the room, and Niev indicated the hallway to their left. Which, with the numbers, almost looked more like a hotel than a science department.
Galanis: This is the primary observation corridor for the neuroscience labs. It's... quieter than planetary science, certainly. ::turning toward Taelon:: If it’s suitable for your work, I couldn’t say, but I haven’t heard any complaints.
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: Neither have I. I think it’s because Furahl sticks to the computer labs.
That Edosian was always complaining. There would be one day where Dezzie caved into her instincts and teased him further, but she’d kept herself well behaved enough to not do that yet.
Taelon: Response
Galanis: I confess neuroscience has never been one of my stronger fields. Fascinating work and implications, but trying to wrap my head around the whole thing jumbles it into a lot of… ‘brain and brain, what is a brain?’. Likewise with agricultural sciences. It’s sometimes hard to imagine having so much land you can feed a population from it.
Taelon: Response
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: And there’s a reason why tight-packed hydroponics took off, darl.
Galanis: Insight is always appreciated, though I suspect I'm better off with my minerals and weather patterns. If I may say… it seems intensely personal, what you do. Is it ever difficult, Lieutenant, working so closely with the biological core of who someone is? Rocks are complex, but they don't have opinions.
Dezzie chuckled to herself, thinking of the kind of person she used to be years and years ago.
Taelon: Oh, it…can be, yes. I, um, the hardest work I’ve done is related to removing Borg implants and un-droning people, and that can be…fraught. Drones who’ve been in the collective most of their lives struggle the most. And the more of them that’s been taken, the more complex the process can be.
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: You've had your work cut out for you.
Dezzie hadn't seen Frontier Day first hand, but she'd seen the Dominion War, and she'd seen how it had affected many, many other people. There were few places Frontier day didn't touch, and a little country town Australia wasn't one of them.
Galanis: Response
Taelon: I - my apologies. I didn’t mean to potentially - I mean, I didn’t mean to upset you….
Galanis: Response
Taelon: I was - the Gorkon wasn’t directly affected, we - it’s - ::He paused, and couldn’t find a way to sum it up without going into detail he wasn’t sure he was allowed to divulge.:: We were trapped for a year in a timeline where they won. It was…easier, I think, than what happened here…
Dezzie shrugged.
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: Easier, not easier… ya just get given life as it comes. And you gotta say either “#$%@ it”, “it's fine” or “$#@% happens”.
Galanis/Taelon: Response
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: It was crap. And ya ain't weak if ya couldn't fight back.
Galanis/Taelon: Response
Zh'Dograk-Zeth: Years and years ago when I was having me kids, me brain broke, and I got real sick. Felt stuck inside me own head. Was thinking of every way I could avoid becoming a mum. ::to Taelon:: Y'know, I could've had a cortical implant, but I didn't end up goin’ with that.
She smiled at them both. A sader, reflective smile. Postpartum psychosis had been no joke, but she wasn't ready to properly open up to a couple of new mates completely about her lowest of lows in her whole 70 or so years that included, among other things, the Dominion War.
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: ::to both:: Point is, we get through stupid stuff like this. Like Frontier day. Even if we need a little help.
Taelon/Galanis: Response
Zh’Dograk-Zeth: You gotta look after yourself, like you're a growing plant, and figure out what ya need to thrive.
Taelon/Galanis: Response
Tag/TBC
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