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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] I like pecans, but I swear, you don't have to do this.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] I know I don't have to. 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] I'm an impressive woman. [PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] Well -- yes, of course I trust your judgement, but I was only joking. Really.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] I know you were joking. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] What do you think of pecans? Yea or nay? 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] You're not doing that thing that Scotty does -- that thing where he intentionally overestimates the amount of time something will take so that when he finishes it 'early', he looks exceeding clever -- are you? [PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] ... you don't actually have to get me chocolates.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] It took Jim Kirk three years to figure me out like that. I'm impressed. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] I take it, then, that you trust my judgment. 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] Get my ensign back to me ASAP, and my lips are sealed. [PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] Chocolate might be nice, too.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] Your ensign will be fit for duty again in a few days, after the regen's finished its work and he's gotten enough rest. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] As for the chocolate, is there a certain kind I should be looking for, or do you trust my judgment? 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] Mm. Key word being facade, of course. [PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] You might scare the other officers, what with your scalpels and hypos, but you don't scare me. I know you're a big softie under that cantankerous glare.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] Damn, my secret's been discovered. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] What do I gotta do to make sure it stays secret? Reputation is all a man has, after all. 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] I can practically /hear/ you grinning, you know.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] Me, grinning? Why, that can't be. It would completely obliterate my grumpy-doctor facade. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] Okay, maybe I'm grinning a little.

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] We are NOT getting him a helmet -- and I've just choked on my tea, thank you very much.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] I'm not gonna have to pay you a visit now, am I? 

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[PADD MESSAGE: McCoy, Leonard H.] ... Oh my God, Leonard.

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] I call it like I see it. 

[PADD MESSAGE: Marcus, Carol] Given the kid's track record, I think it's a pretty damn good suggestion.