[ she doesn't like seeing this in chekov, doesn't approve of what being here has done to him. while it's true that she doesn't really know him outside of what her version of history has to offer, and she hasn't spent much quality time with kirk's crew outside of the man himself, she feels safe assuming that this disheartening way of looking at the possibility of escape wasn't with him back home.
janeway reaches out, puts a hand on the young man's shoulder and offers a smile. ] That depends. How good are you with temporal theory, and how much would you be willing to learn about that which has yet to be theorized in your time?
[Back home? There's no giving up back home. The Enterprise will complete whatever mission she's on, even if she needs to do it with nothing but duct tape and will power holding her together and a bunch of cadets on her bridge. The City's different; not only does it resist logic and escape attempts, but there's nothing to it--no evil to defeat or wrongs to right or morals to uphold.
He brightens considerably (even if his opinion remains the same).] I am as good as can be expected from my time, and I'm willing to learn everything possible--everything that you are willing to tell me, I mean.
Good. Glad to hear it. [ she smiles vibrantly for a moment, then falls back into captain mode with the ease of someone used to flitting effortlessly between various applicable personas. ]
You can start by double checking this configuration. [ it's been a while since she's dabbled in this particular area of physics without the aid of the federation database, astrometrics, or a proper science lab. she's perfectly capable of working things out on paper, so to speak, but doing so leaves more room for error, and while mistakes are bound to happen (and be learned from), she would like to avoid it at all costs. ] I got a little fed up with it.
[ kathryn retrieves the marker and uses the palm of her hand to wipe away her frustrated scribbles. ] Maybe you'll have more luck with it than I did. [ she holds the marker out. ]
[There's something almost motherly about Janeway sometimes... and then it's back to the captain.]
Yes, okay. [He's far more confident once the marker is in his hand and the equations in front of him. All of theoretical physics is grand, but Chekov's first love (discounting Russia and space, of course) is the mathematics that describe the workings of the universe.] Thank you for allowing me to work with you.
[ times like this, kathryn misses b'elanna's determination and
seven's efficiency. the three of them were an unstoppable force whenever
they put their minds to something. she was, however, to coin one of seven's
infamous phrases, adapting. as much as she didn't want to, she was, and
though resistance wasn't futile, it wasn't smart. adapting and
making the most of an undesirable situation was the logical thing to do.
(she missed tuvok as well.) ]
I'm sure between the two of us, we can come up with something. You might
even teach me a thing or two.
Edited (omg replying via e-mail garbles half my tags, rawr) 2013-09-21 17:19 (UTC)
You are one of the greatest captains of the future, sir. If either of us is to be thankful...
[But he won't pretend that he isn't all kinds of flattered that she thinks enough of him to work with him, the futility of their situation aside. (And, of course, maybe she is right and they will find a way out of the City; nothing is impossible, however improbable it may be.) By rights, Janeway should be hashing out equations with Spock or pouring over their options with Kirk, not imagining that he has anything he could teach her.]
If I fail to say anything about physics that you do not know already, I know that I can teach you something about Russia.
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janeway reaches out, puts a hand on the young man's shoulder and offers a smile. ] That depends. How good are you with temporal theory, and how much would you be willing to learn about that which has yet to be theorized in your time?
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He brightens considerably (even if his opinion remains the same).] I am as good as can be expected from my time, and I'm willing to learn everything possible--everything that you are willing to tell me, I mean.
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You can start by double checking this configuration. [ it's been a while since she's dabbled in this particular area of physics without the aid of the federation database, astrometrics, or a proper science lab. she's perfectly capable of working things out on paper, so to speak, but doing so leaves more room for error, and while mistakes are bound to happen (and be learned from), she would like to avoid it at all costs. ] I got a little fed up with it.
[ kathryn retrieves the marker and uses the palm of her hand to wipe away her frustrated scribbles. ] Maybe you'll have more luck with it than I did. [ she holds the marker out. ]
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Yes, okay. [He's far more confident once the marker is in his hand and the equations in front of him. All of theoretical physics is grand, but Chekov's first love (discounting Russia and space, of course) is the mathematics that describe the workings of the universe.] Thank you for allowing me to work with you.
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Thank you for being willing to do so.
[ times like this, kathryn misses b'elanna's determination and seven's efficiency. the three of them were an unstoppable force whenever they put their minds to something. she was, however, to coin one of seven's infamous phrases, adapting. as much as she didn't want to, she was, and though resistance wasn't futile, it wasn't smart. adapting and making the most of an undesirable situation was the logical thing to do. (she missed tuvok as well.) ]
I'm sure between the two of us, we can come up with something. You might even teach me a thing or two.
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[But he won't pretend that he isn't all kinds of flattered that she thinks enough of him to work with him, the futility of their situation aside. (And, of course, maybe she is right and they will find a way out of the City; nothing is impossible, however improbable it may be.) By rights, Janeway should be hashing out equations with Spock or pouring over their options with Kirk, not imagining that he has anything he could teach her.]
If I fail to say anything about physics that you do not know already, I know that I can teach you something about Russia.