(( Corridors outside of Med bay ))
Despite the… personality differences between Arthur and Charn, the Ensign was obligated to help a guest. He’d make sure Charn felt welcome here.
Charn: Kid, I really can't tell you enough how hungry I am. What's this "hassperit" you said?
Strathmore: Hasperat and it's the best food in the Alpha or Beta Quadrants.
Charn: Oh, I see. My sincerest apologies, I'll strive to learn everything that's new to me the first time I hear it.
Arthur smirked.
oO Har har! Oo
Strathmore: Funny.
Charn: Anyway, what's this hasperat like? Sounds... pickled?
Arthur walked a step and a half in front of Charn in order to lead him. Arthur probably wasn’t the best person to be a guide. He barely knew the ship himself, but someone had to show Charn around.
Strathmore: A spiced brine to be exact. I keep a forever brine courtesy of my stepfather in the Forward Observation Lounge for cooking. Replicators can never seem to get the recipe right. It's close, but… To be reductive, hasperat is a spicy sandwich wrap, but it is so much more than that.
Charn: Response
Strathmore: It's Bajoran.
Charn: Response
They reached the turbolift. The doors opened with a woosh.
Strathmore: You should visit sometime. Bajor is a special place.
Arthur missed Bajor everyday. The way the person always missed home. Adopted home or no, it was his.
Charn: Response
Ensign Arthur Strathmore
Counselor
USS Valkyrie, NCC-76418-A
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