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I understand, and... again, I am most appreciative of your assistance. It is far beyond what I would have either asked or expected.
[ Which, coming from him, isn't because she's Borg, but because he doesn't consider her to be bound by Starfleet regulations. Her response does work to further earn his trust, and foster that sense of Starfleet camaraderie. While he speaks, he is taking stock of what she has acquired, rechecking his diagnostics - he'd long since dismissed the alerts of interruptions in his sensory mesh - entirely unnecessary when so obviously confronted with them. ]