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Date Posted: 21:54:25 07/25/01 Wed
Author: Dr. Deborah Reed
Subject: "I see. You...you want to adopt her."
In reply to: Lost_1ne 's message, "Ask her and let her decide..." on 21:09:00 07/25/01 Wed

Deb pondered the words of the 1ne. Ali didn't have a home really anymore, or a family of her own. Deb had thought Alcatraz and Molly might adopt her, but with a baby of their own on the way, the Warden and the Librarian might be too busy to look after her. Hadn't she already ran out on them once?

As for Deb herself, young and single with no children of her own, the hectic nature of her career in the medlabs would make it impossible for her to provide what Ali needed. The LAST thing Deborah Reed was about to be was a mother.

It wasn't a standard family structure...but what passed for standard on Deborah's grandparents world of Earth had evolved somewhat in the years the human colonists and Cybertronians had been working and living side by side, along with several other races. Rugby was a nexus of diversity, and if the 1ne were planning to make it their home, then really...

These were mad thoughts, and Deb scarcely could believe she was considering it. With Ali too young to properly decide for herself, despite the 1ne's suggestion(perhaps the young in their culture were more....responsible?), and with no real legal guardian, Deb was unsure who the decision even belonged to. She didn't relish the idea of Ali being brought before Nores, of having the court decide, but who was she to hand over a minor to strangers, even well-meaning ones? Like any adoption process, the 1ne were going to have to go through a trial period with Deb and others watching to make sure--

"--Lost? LOST!

Deb cursed herself for being so wrapped up in the decision that she hadn't noticed this man was injured--until he collapsed!

"Can you hear me? BLAST! SABER! I have to get him to the medlabs immediately...I think! I'm not sure if I'd understand his physiology enough to help but...you're linked he said...

Can you help him? Can I?"


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