The subspace call had come in almost half an hour before, but Kreed was with a patient. And as everyone on board knew, when Kreed was with a patient, no one came before that. So it was that Admiral Hackett of Star Fleet Personnel sat, waiting, until the call was answered. As the minutes stretched on, the Admiral became increasingly impatient, visibly pacing back and forth in front of the screen on the Comms terminal on the bridge. And the more he paced, the more he grumbled and mumbled under his breath.

Kreed, CMO