<div class="floatleft">(https://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/images/thumb/7/71/Rodansmall.jpg/800px-Rodansmall.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Diplomatic Attache Anatole Kir-Je<br/><strong>Location:</strong>USS Redemption Docking port<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Open<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>Anatole joined the crowd as it began to move forward.  He knew where his quarters were; he just wanted to check out the crew.  It was going to be an interesting assignment for a variety of reasons.  He was surprised that the ambassador hadn't arrived yet.  He was used to travelling with the diplomat, rather than preceding him.  Perhaps it was a test to see how well he would do without supervision.  If that was the case, it would be mildly annoying.  That was a test for a junior diplomat, to see f they were able to set up the ambassador's quarters and offer in the specified manner.  Anatole had been doing that for years and he'd never once failed to have things<em>exactly </em>correct.  It was something he prided himself in.<br/><br/>His mind kept returning to the joined Trill.  Perhaps he had been given this assignment in order to be there if the symbiote's life was endangered.  That made no logical sense.  If that was the case, why then they would they not assign Trill in pairs, one to be Joined and the other as back-up should the host be severely injured?  Why did they not prepare more hosts than were needed.  No, he hadn't been assigned here because he was an unjoined Trill, so he could be a living life support system for the symbiote.  He'd been deemed ineligible.  He'd accepted that.   It would bring up an interest question as to what he would do if the Joined host died.  They'd have 96 hours to get a new host, otherwise he'd be inseparably Joined to Teel, assuming he accepted the implantation.  They couldn't force him.  There was precedent for the symbiotes temporarily surviving in a non-Trill host but that was rough on both beings.  He hoped the situation would never come to pass but if it did, he'd have a decision to make, one that would have far reaching repercussions for all involved.   Would he give up his own life to save another?  They would all need to wait and see and hope the situation never arose.