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Virginia chuckled weakly and shook her head, "Have you seen the crew quarters on a warship like the Interdictor, Doc?", asking him a rather rhetorical question as she immediately replied, "Except for a few top officers, three in fact, all crew members share quarters - the lower the rank, the more roommates. Some sort of mutual... physical bonding is out of the question, and by the way - it's against the crew's code of conduct while on duty.".
She finished and twirled her glass of Baileys on the table top before picking it up and taking another light sip from it. She looked thoughtful again for a moment before continuing the conversation, "You can have them for a few months, Doctor. Hopefully nothing too bad will happen in that time, I'll have to stick close to bases with good medical staff.". She grinned in amusement and propped her chin up with her right hand.
Her attitude still showed some anxiety, doubt, and maybe even depression, but the semi-friendly conversation with Doctor John Holiday had probably helped her move on to better thoughts. Or maybe just the fact that someone was there to casually listen and offer advice helped her.
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"Tell you what," he stated putting his glass down, "I will see if I have a surgeon willing to travel with you should they be needed. I will have to find a volunteer. In the meanwhile, I can promise you the surgeons that we train for you will be very good at what they do. They will be safe in Omicron Theta."
He snickered a little as he picked his glass back up and swirled the contents. "Trust me, if two people need to get busy, they will and wherever they may find some privacy. Med Force One is not as restrictive yet for privacy purposes, I know of couples hiding in places no one would ever think of looking such as a maintenance tube or even in a gun turret."
He put his glass down and looked at her. "Yes, it has happened more than once even on a research ship with less restrictions."
He added some comedy to a truthful subject. He could tell she was relaxing even if it was just a little and in his medical opinion, she needed it.
"Any other topics you want to cover or should we check in with our people?"
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Virginia looked at him and nodded her head in agreement, "A volunteer'd be useful, it's pretty crappy on a warship without a doctor.", she ran a hand through her long hair and took a sip of baileys from her glass before continuing, "But he'd know that life among the Xenos isn't easy, we've many many enemies and there will most certainly be shots fired at that ship. You'd make him aware of that, Doctor.".
"No, I think we've covered all the essentials, at least for now.", Virginia shook her head at Holiday's question if there was anything else she needed to discuss. With those words, she finished her glass of sweet liquor in one big gulp and prepared to rise from the table.