<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">SEVEN</span></span></div><div align="center">---Current Location: Kara's Quarters---</div><br/>She was right, of course--Seven hadn't waited for a response before admitting himself.  It was enough of a courtesy that he had even bothered to announce himself at all, rather than surprising her yet again mid-retch.  There were rare occasions when he remembered some semblance of social tact, and Kara's irritable stomach would no doubt be thankful that this was one of them.<br/><br/>Of course, that didn't stop him from being a slippery bastard all the same.<br/><br/>"Kara.  You are unwell.  Again," he stated bluntly, almost exasperatedly...from behind her.  In the precious few moments between entering and her hoarse words he had somehow managed to nestle himself in the woman's shower stall, his tremendous bulk fitting snugly enough that he had to wrap his arms around his bent legs in order to keep from spilling out of it.<br/><br/>He scrutinized the unpleasant conglomeration of undigested foods and liquids now stinking up the toilet as though entranced by the sight, then seemed to remember himself and focus instead on the woman that vexed him.<br/><br/>"It goes on.  This behavior.  Tasting delicious morsels on the tongue for brief moments of Belonging with your crew, and in privacy you suffer the rancid taste of bile.  Sour and unclean."<br/><br/>He expelled a deep breath, more to display his confusion than anything else--it had long ago become apparent that he didn't need to breathe.  He placed a hand on Kara's shoulder to steady her, pressing a bit too firmly on the skin.  A curious but common habit.  At first it had just been assumed that he was uncertain how much pressure to apply to other species, but perhaps it was not quite so obvious as that.<br/><br/>"You hide this.  You hide this away within yourself like the food that sickens you.  It is hurting.  It is harming.  When will Kara allow this to end?  When will she release this weight?"