3rd Matrix ~ [Dictated] ~ [Backdated to last night.]

[simulatedmedic]

Chief Medical Officer's Log, USS Voyager.

It is my sad duty to report that Dr. Sarah Harding is dead. Cause of death: Tyrannosaurus attack.

She will be greatly missed. A brilliant mind, if a bit misguided. End log.

[A sigh.]

I'm sorry to anyone who knew her, however short.

Comments

[courageous_wit]

I... I spoke with her... just before she died. [her voice is shaking but she manages all the words]

[simulatedmedic]

It must be hard for you.

I... [He can do this. He's programmed with basic counselling skills.] If you need to talk to someone about it, you'll find me very receptive.

[courageous_wit]

No, it's not that. I've been in a war, so I don't... I kept telling her it was okay.

[simulatedmedic]

It was an accident. There was nothing anyone could do. If she hadn't been standing there, everything might have been okay.

[courageous_wit]

There was... something. Something that shook us just enough to move her. It brought back all our powers, and she... It happened so fast.

[simulatedmedic]

Yes, I was there. The same shockwave turned me back into a hologram.

Unfortunately, it was just a case of bad timing.

[courageous_wit]

Yes... That's what it was. [it's always bad timing for them. Always]

[simulatedmedic]

I'm sorry, I couldn't help...

[courageous_wit]

I couldn't, either.

[simulatedmedic]

If it helps, I don't think she would have suffered too much.

[The death was almost instant. There was just the panic of being snaffled by a T-Rex. But he's not going to mention thaat.]

[courageous_wit]

There's that. [it's more the fact that it happened at all that bothers her]

[simulatedmedic]

I'm afraid we may not be able to dwell on this much longer. Something else might happen.

[courageous_wit]

Something else is always happening.

[simulatedmedic]

It seems you rarely get time to breathe and think when things like this happen

[courageous_wit]

Unfortunately not.

[simulatedmedic]

Constant stress is not good for the body. I shudder to think what some of the long-term implications of being randomly forced into stressful situations must be like.

[courageous_wit]

I haven't felt anything too strange, even after being here almost two years.

[simulatedmedic]

Interesting. I may have to run a few tests when we get back. Stress can cause serious issues in the right levels.

[courageous_wit]

I would be willing to be examined, if you think it's necessary. I was in a war before coming here, so I would say I've been in stressful situations for a while.

[simulatedmedic]

I wouldn't say it's necessary. More a curiosity. Perhaps my tools can find something about what the castle does to the beings it captures.

[courageous_wit]

That would be helpful.

[simulatedmedic]

If it can turn photons into matter, who knows what it does to matter.