[Good - well, goodish, because nothing about this situation is good - he's moving, he's talking, he's not just moping around and waiting for death.
(For a brief, fleeting moment she has the silly thought that his experience in the simulation had taught his immune system how to fight the nanites. It doesn't make any sense, but nothing makes sense right now.)]
I don't know! [she says angrily, because the last time she asked Santa for anything it had been a Toby the Targ holoprogram.
Then she sighs, feeling the fight go out of her.] I don't know. [And admitting that stings. Mariner doesn't want to let him just clock out, becoming Borg Drone #291,019,818,103,661 or whatever. She's running through everything in her head, but she's coming up empty on every single possibility. There has to be a way out of this! Kirk wouldn't give up, Picard wouldn't give up, Janeway wouldn't give up! And if their positions were reversed, Boimler wouldn't give up on her.
Keep him talking. Same principle as not letting someone who's been hurt really bad lose consciousness. As long as he's talking, as long as he's here, he's still Boimler.]
So, okay, I know about the holocubes now. Anything else?
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(For a brief, fleeting moment she has the silly thought that his experience in the simulation had taught his immune system how to fight the nanites. It doesn't make any sense, but nothing makes sense right now.)]
I don't know! [she says angrily, because the last time she asked Santa for anything it had been a Toby the Targ holoprogram.
Then she sighs, feeling the fight go out of her.] I don't know. [And admitting that stings. Mariner doesn't want to let him just clock out, becoming Borg Drone #291,019,818,103,661 or whatever. She's running through everything in her head, but she's coming up empty on every single possibility. There has to be a way out of this! Kirk wouldn't give up, Picard wouldn't give up, Janeway wouldn't give up! And if their positions were reversed, Boimler wouldn't give up on her.
Keep him talking. Same principle as not letting someone who's been hurt really bad lose consciousness. As long as he's talking, as long as he's here, he's still Boimler.]
So, okay, I know about the holocubes now. Anything else?