Posted June 23, 2022, 3:19 p.m. by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) (Jennifer Ward)
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Solal Segal (Oncology and Immunology) in Side sim: Family Revelations
Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Side sim: Family Revelations
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Solal Segal (Oncology and Immunology) in Side sim: Family Revelations
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A month later, after her morning appts were done, Alexis was sitting in her office going through and replying to her correspondences. Nothing more than routine. Requests for collaboration, arrival of medical journals, a letter from her parents that she would read later, and then a packet of information addressed to Anonymous Donor, C/O Dr. Alexis Bonner, USS Ogawa.
Well there was only one such thing she had helped with, and checking the information on the sender confirmed it was from the study Solal had participated in. She downloaded the file packet to an isochip and stood up. Solal was on the duty roster for Secondary today, so Alexis made her way into the main bay, which was mostly empty except for a few nurses. Crossing the bay Alexis checked the duty office and found him doing medical charts.
She kicked in the door frame. “Dr. Solal, do you have a moment.”
Bonner
Solal had heard just last night from V’alura. She was his half-sister. A biological family member. He still didn’t know what to think about that. He never wanted to know anything about his biological family. He’d decided long ago never to go looking. He was sort of in his own world while he was working, so he jumped a little when Bonner got his attention. “I do. What do you need?” He said, standing from his spot and turning the screen off on his PaDD.
~ Solal
Alexis moved into the room a step, she hadn’t meant to startle him. She knew that kind of concentration though and wouldn’t take up more of his time than necessary. “I won’t keep you. I just wanted to deliver this.” She reached into the pocket of her lab coat, pulled out the isochip, and handed it to him. “This arrived today while I was in rounds. It is from the research project, for you.”
Bonner
Solal eyed the isochip like touching it might poison him or something. “From the research project? What would they need to send me?” Nothing he wanted to know. But having the chip didn’t mean he had to read what was on it. He took the chip and pocketed it. Then he was quiet for a minute. Finally he said, “She’s my half-sister. The Ark Angel scientist. Related on our father’s side.”
~ Solal
In the ensuing first silence, Alexis began to answer what she would realize 30 seconds later was probably a rhetorical question from Solal. “Many researchers share the final results of their work with participants. It could be a copy of your genetic break down for your personal records…” Oh. Solal wasn’t actually looking for an answer. She’s told Solomon she didn’t always get the social cues first. Not that she couldn’t she just didn’t think about it first.
Well now this was awkward because Solal seemed upset over the news. She knew he was half human, but…well Alexis probably shouldn’t try to speculate on his emotions and which biological heritage he followed. It wasn’t her business. But appeared as if he didn’t know before, but she didn’t know Solal well enough to read his expression. However if that was the case it was inexcusable of the researcher to have let that information slip when it was done anonymously. Really where was the standards of research. “Speaking as a geneticist, they may have found some genetic information that they felt it would be medically unethical to not give you.” Should she ask? He has never appeared to be one to want to engage socially. Part of the reason they worked so well together. But he mentioned it, so Alexis would attempt the effort. “You didn’t know she was related before this study?”
Bonner
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