Well, as David Xanatos said in the first episode, "Pay a man enough and he'll walk through the fires of hell."
And since the Abh will be showing up.
Lafiel: "Thank you for accompanying us, Captain. I would have thought that your responsibilities would have precluded you from this."
Picard: "You're quite welcome, Miss Abriel. You'll find that we do things quite a bit differently in Starfleet. Thanks to the level of automation in our vessels, Captains such as myself have much more time to attend to niceties. As such, it is considered to be one of our primary responsibilities. I hope that the transporter wasn't upsetting for you?"
Lafiel: "It was a bit unusual, but nothing disconcerting. Though I would have liked a chance to see your ship in greater detail. It's very lovely."
Picard: "Well, you're in luck then, Miss Abriel. We have a complete tour scheduled for you and Mister Rockhyde after the luncheon."
... ... ...
Lafiel: "Given the friction there has been over our practices of genetic manipulation, I would have thought you would be disgusted."
Dr. Crusher: "I was taught better than that. Augment or not, you're among the living. And I take the oath I swore seriously. In fact, going over your DNA, I must admit that you, Miss Abriel, are a work of art. I've never seen gene sequencing made to look so exquisite, yet functional. Your parents must take a great deal of pride in you."
Lafiel: "Thank you, Doctor. They do, in fact. More than you may imagine."
... ... ...
Lafiel: "You're not surprised that I'm a princess?"
Ben: "Miss Abriel, I'm engaged to two goddesses, a princess who is also an incarnation of Death, the three most powerful mages in the TSAB, a prophesied heroine, a fighting heiress to a multi-national corporation in the energy industry, and two immortal warrior mages. The only thing that would have me treating you any differently would be if you were siting in your Grandmother's chair. And even then, only with other people around."
Lafiel: ".... Jinto? I think I'm going to like it here. Quite a lot."
... ... ...
Jinto: "Lafiel... those... beams he's firing... Is that what I think it is?"
Lafiel: "...Yes. And I am as worried as you are."
Hotaru: "Don't be. At this distance, the air itself stops nearly all of the stray gamma rays."
Jinto: "'Nearly all'?"
Hotaru: "Let me put it this way. Right now we're absorbing more rads from the cosmic radiation that gets through the shielding than from my spouse's gamma ray laser."
Lafiel: "I suppose she has a point."
And since the Abh will be showing up.
Lafiel: "Thank you for accompanying us, Captain. I would have thought that your responsibilities would have precluded you from this."
Picard: "You're quite welcome, Miss Abriel. You'll find that we do things quite a bit differently in Starfleet. Thanks to the level of automation in our vessels, Captains such as myself have much more time to attend to niceties. As such, it is considered to be one of our primary responsibilities. I hope that the transporter wasn't upsetting for you?"
Lafiel: "It was a bit unusual, but nothing disconcerting. Though I would have liked a chance to see your ship in greater detail. It's very lovely."
Picard: "Well, you're in luck then, Miss Abriel. We have a complete tour scheduled for you and Mister Rockhyde after the luncheon."
... ... ...
Lafiel: "Given the friction there has been over our practices of genetic manipulation, I would have thought you would be disgusted."
Dr. Crusher: "I was taught better than that. Augment or not, you're among the living. And I take the oath I swore seriously. In fact, going over your DNA, I must admit that you, Miss Abriel, are a work of art. I've never seen gene sequencing made to look so exquisite, yet functional. Your parents must take a great deal of pride in you."
Lafiel: "Thank you, Doctor. They do, in fact. More than you may imagine."
... ... ...
Lafiel: "You're not surprised that I'm a princess?"
Ben: "Miss Abriel, I'm engaged to two goddesses, a princess who is also an incarnation of Death, the three most powerful mages in the TSAB, a prophesied heroine, a fighting heiress to a multi-national corporation in the energy industry, and two immortal warrior mages. The only thing that would have me treating you any differently would be if you were siting in your Grandmother's chair. And even then, only with other people around."
Lafiel: ".... Jinto? I think I'm going to like it here. Quite a lot."
... ... ...
Jinto: "Lafiel... those... beams he's firing... Is that what I think it is?"
Lafiel: "...Yes. And I am as worried as you are."
Hotaru: "Don't be. At this distance, the air itself stops nearly all of the stray gamma rays."
Jinto: "'Nearly all'?"
Hotaru: "Let me put it this way. Right now we're absorbing more rads from the cosmic radiation that gets through the shielding than from my spouse's gamma ray laser."
Lafiel: "I suppose she has a point."