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"Can I sit in your chair, too?" She asked, this time showing off her best pouting to face in order to get him to cave.

  “‘Course you can, sweetheart. If you’re uncle Jim tries to give you any trouble you just tell him to talk to me, alright?” he smiled.

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"Can I really, daddy?" She questioned, smile bigger than ever.

  "You ignore your Uncle Jim. He’s stupid. I’ll speak to him; you sit in that chair all you like."

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Christine sighed lightly, standing up and moving over to the control panel, turning off each button as she pressed it. Thank God she was patient with children. "Please do not press those, dear. Certain things need to stay on to help people who are sick."

"But no one is in this bed so it doesn't matter." She pointed out with a shrug. "These buttons make this bed do stuff so it's okay. Like I said, daddy taught me a lot."

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"I know you do, honey, but I can't just leave you up here. Both momma and daddy will be in big trouble. We have to talk to special people first, and get some papers signed so you can come visit Daddy as much as you want to."

"Uncle Jimmy said that I can stay and if he says so then I will. He's in charge." She replied, folding her arms angrily.

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"Because there are things in here that could give you very bad reactions--like that thing," she said as she skillfully reached around and plucked the hypospray from her fingers. "...However...if you want a demonstration of what this does, I can show you. Medical stuff is kind of cool."

"Daddy's already shown me everything." She replied, crawling onto one of the bio beds and moving over to the control panel where she began to press button after button.

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"Staying here? Sweetheart, you can't stay here. You have to come home with Mamma today."

"No! I want to stay with daddy!"

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"Joanna Kathryn McCoy! I've been looking everywhere for you, sweet pea. You ready to come home, darlin'?"

Joanna stepped backwards, shaking her head. "No." She instantly replied with a slight pout on her lips. "I'm staying here with daddy."

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"You are welcome to play as much as you like so long as you're careful around the equipment. Dr. McCoy will have my head if you get hurt." Granted, after the secretive messages she received earlier, she was afraid to even be in the same room as this child. But she couldn't risk her getting injured since no one else was around.

     "Why are you so scared? I'm always safe." She murmured, picking up a hypospray.

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      "I did! Isn't it good, daddy?"

               ”Who told you that?”

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       "This is my home now. I'm gonna live on the ship with you."

                 ”How’re you, little darlin’? Everythin’ good at home?”

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It clicked with Christine a second after she said it. "Ah, so you're Joanna. In that case, make yourself at home, sweetie," she said as she went back to her desk. "And again, help yourself to the candy bowl on my desk if you want some. If you need anything, just let me know. Just make sure not to touch anything on the counters lest you hurt yourself, alright?"

"Daddy said I can play around in here a lot, so did Uncle Jimmy." She explained with a small shrug.

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Hit my character. See how they react.

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Christine blinked and merely nodded her head. "Alright then. I didn't want to pry, dear, it's just my job to make sure any children in the medbay are being looked after. It's dangerous to be in here without an adult," she explained. "My boss, Dr. McCoy, especially likes to know that any children here are tended to."

"Well he's my daddy so he doesn't care." She replied softly with a shrug before skipping over to one of the beds and taking a seat.

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Christine blinked and then smiled. "Ah, yes, you're a smart girl. I'll introduce myself. I'm the head nurse on this ship. You can call me Christine," she said. "Are you here with someone?"

"I'm here with my daddy." She replied simply, stepping back from the woman. "And I still don't know you."

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       [ She ran forward and wrapped both arms around him, grinning happily. ]

            “Yeah, baby, it does. Now, c’mere an’ gimme a hug.”

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"Hello there, sweetheart! What's your name? Fancy a lollipop?"

"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers."

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      "But I put unicorns and rainbows everywhere. It looks pretty." 

               ”Well, sweet thing, I’m gonna have to ‘rest ya for defacing a senior officer’s property.” His voice is hardly stern and his grin ruins the facade.