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I sense that you're doing this just to make fun of me.

[And she is not amused.]

Don't worry about that, I'm sure my CMO will jump at the chance to patch me up later. As long as you are flattered, I consider the pain worth it.

You consider yourself quite the charmer, don't you?

Only when it works, which it clearly isn't so, no. Not right now. But I can fail at that and you can still be beautiful, so I don't really see how anyone loses here.

[That gets a laugh out of her.]

It's not not working.

[ jdkfhg LAUGHING. ]

Then let me introduce myself. [ Since she seems like fun, fff. ] Jim Kirk.

[Jim Kirk.]

As in James Kirk? James Tiberius Kirk?

[NO WAY.]

I wasn't going to insist on being called Captain, but since my reputation precedes me — [ SHRUG. ]

Forgive me, Captain, but...you look nothing like the pictures I've seen. [It's not just his obvious youth. There's no way this young man grows into the Admiral Kirk that she knows.]

Alternate reality. [ He holds up a hand. ] It's a long story and a big mess, let's not get into it. What's your name?

My name is Deanna Troi. It is a pleasure to meet you, Captain Kirk.

Well, if I get to call you Deanna, you've absolutely got to call me Jim. Pleasure's all mine.

All right. Jim. Can you tell me more about this alternate reality?

I don't see what harm it can do here. This wouldn't be the case if we were stuck in one of those cities or nexuses, you understand; the Temporal Prime Directive, and all.

What would you like to know, Deanna?

Of course. [Like James Kirk has ever cared about the Temporal Prime Directive.]

You look a little young to be captain of a starship. Why don't we start there.

[ Having his mentor murdered was pretty darned effective incentive to care about the rules, alas. ]

I'm twenty-six, not that young. Youngest in the history of Starfleet, sure, but hardly fresh out of my teens.

At twenty-six, a human's frontal lobe is still developing. In some ways, you might as well be a teenager.

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