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Hale sighed. "Here we go again" he thought to himself as quietly as he could manage. The experience wasn't totally new to him. The last few years had proved to be a turbulent ride as far as anything even remotely nomad related went, and Kate's presense was rarely an exception.
"A little warning next time, Kate..." The thought flashed through his mind, before he remebered McKay. The older man's stunned silence was enough to give Hale a fairly good impression of his reaction.

"Hale, this had better be explained, right now."

The admiral's thoughts spiralled for a second, then formed into a clear pattern. "Miss Miller has gained a few skills, Secretary. I find this as discomforting as anyone else would, however, I suspect it would avoid the problems of ambigious wording. Just remember that your own judgement will always remain as just that, your own. Use it... Observe, carefully, and trust your judgement.

Silence... Hale wondered what the reaction was going to be.

"Proceed."

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