Annie and Trip
"To be quite honest, I would rather be doing surgery or even having surgery than be here," she laughed. "I don'tunderstand the purpose of makng us all come. I mean I get that it's a big deal but I'm a doctor, I'm not a diplomat and honestly? I have no idea what we're even neotiating about." She took another sip of her drink and smiled at Trip. He had been in bad shape when he arrived and she'd fought like hell to save him so it always made her feel good to see him looking well. And he was a good friend, always able to make her laugh.
"At least the food looks good," she observed. "you never know what you're going to get at these things. It seems the Fomasxian at least took into consideration that most of us are from Earth and we'd rather eat what we're used to. Once when I was at STarfleet Medical, there was some kind of fancy shindig with some people form a planet out on the outer rim who insisted on only eating their own cuisine. Almost every single person from Starfleet that was there got food poisoning. That was a good time, let me tell you." At least she hadn't been in attendance at the dinner but she'd certainly gotten to see her share of the after effects.