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[Jean-Luc hums his understanding, silent for a moment. Hadn't he done very much the same with Hugh? His initial plan to send him back to the Collective with a virus had fallen through once he had realized that the Borg were capable of being free-thinking individuals once separated from the pack. It was still such a touchy subject for him after what they had put him through, the lives that had been lost under his command as Locutus.]
Yes, I would go so far to say that I might have even underestimated you, Seven of Nine. In which case, I owe you an apology.