[Under normal circumstances, he's more aware of the people around him and eager to talk to anyone he knows. This sickness is distracting. Chekov doesn't want to misinterpret a dream and get in the way of someone's recovery.
His name pulls him away from his thoughts--what is Uhura's dream asking him to do?--and he backtracks. Pai gets a smile. She isn't intimidating now, not like she was when he first approached her and Hei. She's just a girl. (The sister of an assassin and, he would guess, someone who is less innocent than she looks, but a girl nonetheless.)]
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His name pulls him away from his thoughts--what is Uhura's dream asking him to do?--and he backtracks. Pai gets a smile. She isn't intimidating now, not like she was when he first approached her and Hei. She's just a girl. (The sister of an assassin and, he would guess, someone who is less innocent than she looks, but a girl nonetheless.)]
Pai, hello. How are you finding the City?