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[universaltranslator]

[voice]
[By all rights, this should be filtered, but somebody's too crampy to care]

Penny, sorry for the late notice. I won't be able to make it to the Welcome Center today.

[She tries her best to stifle a groan as she's abruptly hit with sucker punch from Mother Nature]

And can you recommend a doctor?

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[voice;]

[withloadedguns]

You all right?

[He figures she actually got herself hurt.]

[voice;]

[universaltranslator]

I will be. It's just three days. [ooooowwwwwwwwwwww paaaaaaaaaaaaain] Maybe four.

[voice;]

[withloadedguns]

Yeah?

How long for him? Three or four days too?

[Seriously, he's figuring it's a bruise or, more likely, a sprained wrist from having punched someone out.]

[voice;]

[universaltranslator]

Who?

[If she wasn't in so much pain right now, she'd realize that the Cowboy doesn't actually understand what's going on. As it is, she's the only one confused.]

[voice;]

[withloadedguns]

I figured if you got hurt, someone else got hurt. Worse.

[voice;]

[universaltranslator]

[it takes her another moment before realization hits]

Oh, no. Not this time. It's just menstrual cramps.

[voice;]

[withloadedguns]

[Wait. What? ... ... ... Wait. What? You mean this is, you know, "a woman's time" and all that stuff? You're just gonna come out and say it? This is unprecedented. Especially for a man from a hyper-masculine environment. Just saying it like it's nothing.

And yet, the response:]

All right.

[Because...what else is there to say?]

[voice;]

[universaltranslator]

[Uhura gets the feeling he's a little weirded out by what she just said, but it's hard to tell over the network. She could just be sensitive from all the other men getting ridiculously uncomfortable.

Either way, she can appreciate how chill he is about it.]

Thanks for your concern.