"Ah, keeping the old skills in practice.  Good idea."  The blonde woman nodded at the shore leave comment, then, when the diagram was exchanged, her hand lingered in touching November's, just a second longer than it would seem the contact should have lasted.<br/><br/>"Already got several someones lined up, huh?  Not surprising..."  The chief smiled one of those blinding smiles, and then turned to go back to her duties.  "Okay, Captain Doctor.  I'll come look you up.  Or you can do the same with me.  My quarters are in here."  She gestured at a doorway to one side.  "Puts me closer to my work."<br/><br/>If she checked a wall clock, she'd see that it was getting close to when the briefing was supposed to start.  She'd have time to drop her things off and get them stowed, and then get to the conference room near the medlab...<br/>