Eris on Cardamine

[Doc Holliday]

Doc's datapad was quiet which was a good thing with the quick power surge. One surge in an O.R. could kill a patient after all.
He walked over to where the artifact rested, a trinket he placed, at the time, as a decoration until he could further understand it. He stood, his hands behind his back, looking at it.

"I found it to be beautiful," he explained. "I knew that if the Order knew I had it or even the Bounty Hunters, they would probably try to destroy my ship to get it." He looked to his guest, "and anyone who knows me knows that a combat pilot I am not."
He made a slow walk, talking as he did, to another part of the room.
"I remember the day I got it. I don't know what I did to earn it but something felt me worthy of it. I figured one day that I might understand it, that one day someone would be able to help me." He then turned to his guest, "and I see that my teacher has arrived."

"People ask me why I took such an interest in studying the Nomads, wanting to understand them," he continued. "It was a doctor from the Order who peaked my interest. He has since long disappeared but he once told me, Make no mistake, Doctor, the Nomads want you dead."
Doc shook his head with a soft smile and looked at his guest, "I refuse to believe that, especially when I have encountered several and stand here alive and free of possession."

He then grabbed a medical screen from a table. Walking over to Anje, he held it about chest high on himself. With the view screen facing her, he turned it on, revealing a small box inside his chest.
"I received that from a member of the Coalition long ago," Doc explained, "I was told that it came from the Order. I was asked to test it and duplicate it. I was told it would help me commune with the Nomads, a device to serve as a measure of protection. Does it work? I don't know but I haven't even thought of duplication."
He then turned off the screen, "I'd like to think it's accomplished something positive."

Doc then took his glass, took a sip and continued, "Make no mistake, Ma'am, my intentions of the Nomads are peaceful ones, despite what other Zoners may do or think. I started that by allowing the K'Hara peaceful existence in Baffin."

He then returned to the artifact, "Do teach me of it. I wish to learn more, to prove humanity wrong one day about the Nomad."

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