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Ever conscious of the needs of his patients, Cmdr. Adea suggested that the rest of the meeting be conducted telepathically, as both could project their thoughts into the other's mind. Gnai appreciated the gesture, as it allowed it to better express itself outside of the limitations of its suit's speakers. Proceeding with the check in, Gnai reassured Cmdr. Adea that the only repercussions that it had suffered during the mission were just stress-related, nothing harmful had happened on Romulus or in prison. Sure, sleeping in its tank was uncomfortable, but the quarters on the ship were exceeding its expectations <ref name="Telehealth Appointment">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nv8vIqP65KzYZ6wmCAr Telehealth Appointment], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.10</ref>. | Ever conscious of the needs of his patients, Cmdr. Adea suggested that the rest of the meeting be conducted telepathically, as both could project their thoughts into the other's mind. Gnai appreciated the gesture, as it allowed it to better express itself outside of the limitations of its suit's speakers. Proceeding with the check in, Gnai reassured Cmdr. Adea that the only repercussions that it had suffered during the mission were just stress-related, nothing harmful had happened on Romulus or in prison. Sure, sleeping in its tank was uncomfortable, but the quarters on the ship were exceeding its expectations <ref name="Telehealth Appointment">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nv8vIqP65KzYZ6wmCAr Telehealth Appointment], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.10</ref>. | ||
Cmdr. Adea then proceeded to scan Gnai with a tricorder. It continued to reiterate that it felt fine <ref name="Trust Me, I'm Fine, But Thanks For Asking">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvL_Y8H2Q-roAXLMoVF Trust Me, I'm Fine, But Thanks For Asking], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.13</ref>, even with his prescription of "rest and relaxation" <ref name="That's An Order">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvRgwsxEWDnyTVFv9XA That's An Order], Cmdr. Adea, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.14</ref>. It was an order, then. Gnai was to do something that relaxed it - the next question was what that might entail. It liked to wander, to see new things (and "seeing" music)... which is why it was pleased to hear the commander's suggestion of the station <ref name="Doctor's Orders">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nv_l9vlOEUoqPI15vyI Doctor's Orders], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.16</ref>. | Cmdr. Adea then proceeded to scan Gnai with a tricorder. It continued to reiterate that it felt fine <ref name="Trust Me, I'm Fine, But Thanks For Asking">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvL_Y8H2Q-roAXLMoVF Trust Me, I'm Fine, But Thanks For Asking], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.13</ref>, even with his prescription of "rest and relaxation" <ref name="That's An Order">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvRgwsxEWDnyTVFv9XA That's An Order], Cmdr. Genkos Adea, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.14</ref>. It was an order, then. Gnai was to do something that relaxed it - the next question was what that might entail. It liked to wander, to see new things (and "seeing" music)... which is why it was pleased to hear the commander's suggestion of the station <ref name="Doctor's Orders">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nv_l9vlOEUoqPI15vyI Doctor's Orders], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.16</ref>. | ||
A plan was made to meet at the Arboretum the very next day, at Cmdr. Adea's suggestion. Gnai had been to the botanical gardens at the Academy, and was delighted by the idea of seeing another similar place. There was a twist, though. Cmdr. Adea was going to bring his dog, Toto. Gnai knew of pets, but it really never understood the desire to keep them. With that all settled, Gnai excused itself from sickbay, pleasantly surprised with how the check in had gone <ref name="I Wood Like To Make Like A Tree And Leaf, Sir">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvbuUUoe7a-bckW452C I Wood Like To Make Like A Tree And Leaf, Sir], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.16</ref>. | A plan was made to meet at the Arboretum the very next day, at Cmdr. Adea's suggestion. Gnai had been to the botanical gardens at the Academy, and was delighted by the idea of seeing another similar place. There was a twist, though. Cmdr. Adea was going to bring his dog, Toto. Gnai knew of pets, but it really never understood the desire to keep them. With that all settled, Gnai excused itself from sickbay, pleasantly surprised with how the check in had gone <ref name="I Wood Like To Make Like A Tree And Leaf, Sir">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NvbuUUoe7a-bckW452C I Wood Like To Make Like A Tree And Leaf, Sir], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.16</ref>. | ||
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|Content = [ | |Content = The following day, Gnai found its way to the Arboretum on DS9 at the behest of Cmdr. Adea. It wasn't certain that this would be the cure to its stress, as he had proposed it might be, but it was willing to make an effort to get to know one of the senior officers on the ship better. Plus, the mission had been a rollercoaster of emotions and action, a quiet stroll through some trees would be a lovely change of pace <ref name="Doctor's Orders 2">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nw_vJ3bTBjk5O8hm7HI Doctor's Orders...], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.28</ref>. As much as Gnai had been worried about Toto (though, it seemed that Cmdr. Adea still had all his fingers, so that was a point in the "doesn't bite" column), almost as soon as they arrived, Cmdr. Adea sent Toto off to roam amongst the trees. Gnai continued to press though, curious about where Cmdr. Adea had acquired Toto, as clearly he was an Earth dog <ref name="Your Dog Doesn't Bite, But Does It Read Minds?">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nwrts2ukX7ujMXigzEv Your Dog Doesn't Bite, But Does It Read Minds?], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240104.28</ref>. | ||
It turned out that Cmdr. Adea had found Toto while serving on the {{USS|Gorkon}}, trapped in a science lab <ref name="The Burning of Joan of Arc">{{Logo|USS Gorkon|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Gorkon/-1551873600000 The Burning of Joan of Arc], Lt. Genkos Sim, {{USS|Gorkon}}, 239603.06</ref><ref name="Puppy Love">{{Logo|USS Gorkon|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Gorkon/-1552052398000 Puppy Love], Lt. Genkos Sim, {{USS|Gorkon}}, 239603.08</ref>. Gnai was curious about the strange nebula that apparently had reversed gravity, but it seemed more polite to continue to ask about the dog. The grim realization of the veritable torture that Toto had been through on the other ship caused a brief silence as the two walked uneasily through the trees - broken only by Gnai inquiring further about all the ships that Cmdr. Adea had served upon and the other stories he could tell. Gnai was a bit surprised by the number of ships that he had served upon <ref name="Let's Change The Topic?">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NxEHMsE-Y4z_aHINw76 Let's Change The Topic?], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.06</ref>. Some of the stories he had boggled Gnai's mind - time travel many times over (once was just enough for it) and body-swapping in particular. What would it be like to be a humanoid, rather than a Galadoran? Those questions went unasked <ref name="It's Hard To Pour Yourself A Cup Of Ambition When You Can't Drink">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NxsU6SfiKoyTQ28jrdb It's Hard To Pour Yourself A Cup Of Ambition When You Can't Drink], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.14</ref>. | |||
Instead, Cmdr. Adea turned the topic to Gnai's future and its ambitions. Not that Gnai had many, certainly it had no desire to climb the rungs of command. Being an ensign was nice for the time being - no need to get bogged down in administration, it could focus on science like it had always dreamed of doing <ref name="It's Hard To Pour Yourself A Cup Of Ambition When You Can't Drink">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NxsU6SfiKoyTQ28jrdb It's Hard To Pour Yourself A Cup Of Ambition When You Can't Drink], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.14</ref>. What surpised Gnai was that Cmdr. Adea - no, Genkos - insisted that Gnai refer to him by his first name <ref name="Missing Medicine">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NyAsEatxd7ItFq2HL7k Missing Medicine], Cmdr. Genkos Adea, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.18</ref>. | |||
It was hard not to think of him just as 'Adea', but Gnai tried its best. Continuing on, it poked at Genkos' complaint about not getting to "doctor" as much as he wanted - Galadorans didn't really have doctors on Galador II, so it knew only a bit about what that job entailed. There wasn't any sort of predatory threat (and most sources of danger in general had been removed or reduced) to their species on the planet, nor was there any sort of genetic disease; Galadorans were all for the most part genetically identical. It knew that this was an oddity, and it hoped that Genkos would understand <ref name="First Name Basis">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NyOvk6nJzOC0Isywzzn First Name Basis], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.21</ref>. | |||
As expected, Genkos was confused and pressed on with a few questions. Injury was rare and deaths from old age were necessary for new Galadorans to come into being. Gnai would die when its time came, back on Galador II. If it was lucky, that was. And no, it really didn't like to study 'any' biology, even the relevant Galadoran facts. But that didn't mean they didn't exist back on Galador II. Gnai preferred to be able to explore, not just be stuck in a lab, laboring away over a bench. Still, it recognized the uniqueness of this position <ref name="Talking About Home">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NyfTUayveFfR9bGSjOG Talking About Home], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.24</ref>. Somewhat awkwardly, Gnai tried to turn the conversation back to Betazed - Genkos had been curious about its home, so it thought it only fair to turn the question back on him. The concept of a matriarchy was weird to it - granted, so was a patriarchy, or any other gendered system of governance. Gender was weird. Gnai much preferred to leave that to the realm of the humanoids <ref name="Get Off My Lawn!">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nz7Uqt6vEJidAd0PzHV Get Off My Lawn!], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.30</ref>. | |||
That was when Toto chose to appear again, covered in some sort of sticky substance. The mystery was short-lived, as he was followed up by a remarkably ornery Vedek. Apparently, while Toto was frolicking around the arboretum, he had happened upon the man painting and decided to take a bit of artistic liberty. Artistic liberty that was very much not appreciated. With a shake of his ruined painting, the Vedek threatened to call the constables on them if they didn't leave immediately <ref name="Get Off My Lawn!">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-Nz7Uqt6vEJidAd0PzHV Get Off My Lawn!], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.30</ref>. Gnai, Genkos, and Toto made their escape, hustling away from the Vedek but still in reasonably good spirits. This had been a success. Before they parted ways, Gnai proposed that they have another sort of wander together the next shore leave, which Genkos agreed to <ref name="We're Leaving! I Promise!">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NzCCzFkychDku3JWNG8 We're Leaving! I Promise!], Ens. Gnai, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.31</ref> <ref name="Cleaning Up">{{Logo|USS Artemis-A|30}}[https://sims.starbase118.net/single/Artemis/-NzDRxNZ-UYVk50zj9Xw Cleaning Up], Cmdr. Genkos Adea, {{USS|Artemis-A}}, 240105.31</ref>. | |||
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