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[stigmaofsuccess]

Who: Julian Bashir
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: Marsiva
When: 17-June until shuffle

[Most people wake up fairly fast, but Julian doesn't. He hasn't slept properly in weeks and being somewhere fairly warm and comfortable and quiet is a luxury. When he does stir, it's slowly, eyes blinking open and shut again, almost looking like he's going to go back to sleep. He looks young and peaceful, if a bit thin and scruffy.

And then he realises he isn't where he should be and he's not with who he should be with. He sits up abruptly, looking around.]

Garak?!

Martok? Davik? Worf?

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[stigmaofsuccess]

[Julian hugs himself, shivering softly. It sounds like hell, always being viewed, always having to censor yourself.]

Earth time rotation. Okay. Couple of less hours in a day. How do you not go insane, knowing they're always watching you?

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[dancingmd]

[Instinctively, she wants to reach out a hand to Julian, for reassurance. Instead, she simply rests her hand on edge of the computer screen sympathetically. Considering the situation he's in and where he just came from, he's holding up admirably, but he still looks scared and the way he hugs himself tugs at her heart. However, all she can do for now is keep talking to him.]

Honestly, I just try not to think about it too much. It gets easier, as you go, to forget that the cameras are there. Which, I suppose is the point.

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[stigmaofsuccess]

[It's another thing for him to add to his mental roster that was never quiet. Never forget you're being watched.]

I suppose so. I- I need to think on all this. And maybe catch up on some sleep, now that I'm somewhere that isn't just this side of freezing at all times.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be ungrateful, it's just... a lot. And sleep will help the shock.

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[dancingmd]

No, no, don't apologize. It's a lot to take in. We'll talk later... you do whatever you need to recouperate, I'll be here.

[stigmaofsuccess]

Thank you, Doctor Crusher.

[It takes a moment for him to work out how to turn it off, but then the screen goes black.]