“This is our destiny. In time, you will understand.” ——༻—— La’anut N’Akvat Xu’qatlh. “The Diviner.” Warrior. Martial artist. Arbiter. Psychokinetic. A̶l̶i̶e̶n̶. Not human. Of brutality, sacrifice and determination.

𐄂

Did somebody say “dog”? A wild Janeway appears.

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏' 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏', 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑨𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒖𝒔 Five feet of rage & bad ideas. ▫️ Armory gremlin. ▫️ Sniper, brawler. ▫️ Tactical specialist. ▫️ A victim of terrible genetic engineering.

Good.

❛Of course. Delighted,❜ she says, her voice dripping with sarcasm. ❛What do you want, Q?❜

She had been leaning against the doorframe for a while, arms crossed, watching, but she waited to speak until the other was done recording her log. ❛How many night shifts does that make this month?❜

She crossed her arms, eyeing him suspiciously because it was rather unlikely that this was a social call . . . ❛That depends. Can you do it without endangering my crew or giving them false hope?❜

Yes.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ they had * l͟o͟s͟t͟ their sense of ̷P̷U͟R͟P͟O͟S͟E͟ ✦ —— well, i gave them ⠀ their purpose &͟ they gave me mine. ⠀ ⠀