>>126123938I'd guess that's understood. She can probably write a glowing recommendation for a promotion board to captain.
"Look, we had a deal."
"You got lucky with twins, and I should have busted you down when they both got Keiko'd, and this is before we get into what happened last year."
"Mariner makes very poor choices in babysitters sometimes, that's not my fault."
"Isn't it? You're telling me you didn't think anything at all was odd that a mysterious energy being from a temporal rift wanted to watch my grandkids?"
"They're fine. They still write."
"FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION! And the letters are full of creepy lines like 'we hope this reaches you before the unpleasantness begins grandmother.' I think the two of you are in cahoots."
"That's crazy. Mariner hates me getting promoted. What's in it for her?"
"How many of her damage reports and mission logs have you signed off on?"
"Not... that many..."
"This baby is going to stay cute you hear me? No transporter accidents, no time rifts, no non-corporeal babysitters, and no Borg implants!"
"Fine..."
