Don't feel bad that you don't know much about my life. I keep it vague on purpose.
Why?
Every time I open up, people get promoted and take off. It's better to just keep it surface level and never have friends instead of always losing them.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
The reason you don't much about me... that's my fault. I'm always so busy making everyone else happy that I never open up.
D'Vana Tendi (ever the optimist): It'll be interesting getting in trouble. I've never done that before.
Don't be so hard on yourself. It was just a mistake.
I don't get to make mistakes like you do. It was hard getting into the Academy. There's still a lot of stigma around Orions. A lot of humans think we're all thieves and pirates! Wait, my cousin works in a thieves' den in a pirate outpost in this sector. He might be able to help us out.
As long as you aren't bothered by the optics, it works for me.
He saved my life! You know what, I'm going to ask him.
They don't like it when people ask how they came back, man. It's probably just a transporter buffer thing.
Yeah, or a restored katra, or a Mirror Universe switcheroo, or the Borg rebuilt him...
Or he could be a future son from an alternate timeline, or maybe he got Genesis deviced, or a time ribbon.
Or he was trapped in the Nexus.
Nexus, time ribbon, it's the same thing.
Shaxs is alive?
Yeah, guess so. Bridge officers are always coming back from the dead. You gonna finish that muffin?
GGambler
Cheater! You claimed you were only a beginner!
Yeah, I'm beginning to school your ugly ass.
What up? We doing sci-fi stuff today?
Guess who I get to meet today! The creator of Fair Haven himself, Captain Proton himself: Lieutenant Tom Paris!
No way! That's awesome! Is he still a salamander?
Dr. T'Ana's gonna know I violated her trust! I'm gonna get fired!
Hey, no. Stop that. No one's getting fired over Jeremy, okay?
Computer, emergency shutdown!
CCCerritos Computer
Authorization not recognized.
You don't need authorization in an emergency!!
SShaxs (hallucination)
In the Nexus, it's always Christmas.
Tendi, you gotta warn me if we're gonna be meeting up with a sexy bad boy, that's my type. Well, one of my types.
You have a thing for bad boys?
Oh, I'm always dating bad boys. Bad girls, bad gender-nonbinary babes, ruthless alien masterminds, bad Bynars...
TPTom Paris (plate)
You are Brad Boimler, and you've been in tougher spots than this. Now open up a panel and start figuring out a solution.
You're right. Thanks, Tom Paris.
TPTom Paris (plate)
I am a little worried about the fumes in here though. You know, since you're talking to a plate.
I don't know. I kinda like 'em.
TPTom Paris
This is how we kick ass in the Delta Quadrant! Ki-ya!
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