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[ today finds captain janeway hit with her very first curse. she's young again, standing at the threshold of change wherein a tragedy that has yet to occur will help drive her into the captain's chair. but for now, she's simply a scientist, a recent graduate of the academy who, from her perspective, has found herself sucked into some temporal anomaly while in the midst of her first assignment. at this point in her life, she's very dedicated to her field, and has no aspirations of setting her sights on command. in fact, when commander chakotay insisted that she'd one day be wearing red with four pips pinned to her collar, she laughed, because that's not her. maybe that's another kathryn janeway, one who doesn't mind being called by her first name,but it's certainly not the one who prefers to be called katie.

after being ordered out of her uniform, katie found a decent change of clothes, pocketed her combadge and grabbed the archaic device the commander had insisted was the primary means of communication in this place, and set out on a morning jog around the city. later in the afternoon, she'd stop for a breather in xanadu and pull out her older self's cell phone to fiddle with it some and ask the network a very important question. ]

Does anyone know where a girl can get a decent bowl of ice cream in this place?

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Pavel Andreievich Chekov. [Smiling is good. He decides that Katie must be an okay person.] I am Russian.

[ that name is so familiar, but she can't place it. her older self, who had dived further into starfleet's physics background and went through command school knew immediately who that was, but a younger janeway who is only interested in science has probably only heard the name a handful of times over the years. not enough to recall it or its importance. ]

I'm American. [ as much as someone could be one in the twenty-fourth century. of course, she was pretending to be from the twenty-first. ] I think we're both a long way from our homes, though.

[That's for the best right now. He might be handling it well, but having a stranger recognize his name could be the straw of weirdness that breaks the camel's back.]

Do you know how to go home?

[ she's not a mother, but she's an older sister. there were plenty of times katie was left alone with phoebe and played the role of pseudo parent while her father was in deep space and her mother was off seeing to her own career and interests. she's as well versed in this as any good big sister is, and she knows that kids hate being lied to and placated. phoebe certainly did. ]

No. I'm sorry, but I'm looking for a way and I know people who are, too. We'll figure it out, it's just going to take time.

[Good choice. Pavel might be young and stuck in a world where basically everyone speaks a language he hasn't mastered, but he'd be able to tell if he was being lied to.]

How much time? I need to be home.

I don't know. If I knew, I would tell you, and if I find out anything, I'll let you know about it. [ she holds out a hand, pinky extended. ] I promise.

[Some gestures are universal. He solemnly hooks pinkies with her.]

I promise I will do that also.

Good. [ standing, katie holds her hand out to him. ] Come on, let's go find some ice cream. How's that sound?

[With a smile, the boy latches onto the offered hand.]

Yes please. Katie, thank you.

[ she has a general idea of what direction she came from, and manages to lead them out of xanadu and towards the city square. ]

Tell me, Pavel — what's your favorite flavor? Vanilla? Chocolate?

[Lead on. Pavel will follow Katie anywhere if ice cream is involved.]

The green one! The one with nuts. What is your favorite?

Pistachio? [ she wasn't a big fan of that one, personally. ] I like chocolate. Strawberry, too. But chocolate's a delicacy you can't really get u-- when you're traveling so much. There are some countries that have never even heard of the stuff and have only been exposed to it through foreign imports.

[ nice save. she almost said "up in space" for a moment there. replicated chocolate never tasted the way it should. ]

Yes, that!

[He's horrified by this idea that chocolate isn't common everywhere. How do you even live.]

Where do you travel? Why?

Lots of places — around to various bases, mostly. My dad's in the military.

[ her father is a high ranking admiral. she's a starfleet brat of the highest caliber. ]

We moved only one time so Papa could be nearer to the shipyard. I would like that--traveling, like you. If there was chocolate.

Where did you move to?

[ that accent made it obvious, but she didn't want to assume. after all, just because someone was human didn't mean they were born or lived on earth. there were generations of humans who had never even seen earth, let alone stepped foot on it. that same principle applied to the planet's countries. ]

Sankt-Peterburg. The best Russian starships are made there.

[Just a fact, thank you.]

[ she was right, then! he is russian. ]

Is that so?

[He is so, so Russian.]

Yes, it is! They are best because my father helped to make them.

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