The Doctor -- that is, the current Doctor -- looks up as Ace's words echo faintly in the headspace.
"I'll be fine, Ace," he calls out to her. "Have I ever steered you wrong before?"
It would be terribly out of character for Seven to facepalm at this point. So he doesn't. But just pretend that he does. "Don't answer that," he says simply.
Nine grins, shaking his head, and returns to the matter at hand. "Somewhere in this is the answer I need. What happened to the Phi II's that caused them to be retired so quickly? I know something did; something happened to at least half a dozen of them. But I cannot remember what."
Eight and Seven look at each other, as if sharing a private conversation, and then, as one, turn back to Nine. Seven hefts his umbrella and points at something behind Nine. "Why don't you ask him? He's the one that was on the board of inquiry."
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"I'll be fine, Ace," he calls out to her. "Have I ever steered you wrong before?"
It would be terribly out of character for Seven to facepalm at this point. So he doesn't. But just pretend that he does. "Don't answer that," he says simply.
Nine grins, shaking his head, and returns to the matter at hand. "Somewhere in this is the answer I need. What happened to the Phi II's that caused them to be retired so quickly? I know something did; something happened to at least half a dozen of them. But I cannot remember what."
Eight and Seven look at each other, as if sharing a private conversation, and then, as one, turn back to Nine. Seven hefts his umbrella and points at something behind Nine. "Why don't you ask him? He's the one that was on the board of inquiry."