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Daniel nodded his head and took the indicated biobed and laid down. Scans showed much more finer detail of Daniels physiology then Grunch had before from just a simple medical tricorder. His organs resembled mostly those of a human, but there were variations in them showing his Ancient half. For example while he had two lungs his ability to hold his breath say was likely far larger in capacity due to the efficiency of red blood cells absorbing oxygen as well as how much breath he could intake to begin with. Most of the other major organs followed along similar designs to this. Looking for any ‘link’ between Daniel and the Captain came up a negative there was none to be detected, nor did Daniel show signs of the temporal problems Glen was showing. So what Glen’s problem’s cause was still a mystery.

Glen put down the PaDD. He really wanted to get back to work but still felt too weak to even get off the bed. “Daniel,” Glen asked, “I see you have my whole staff busy on your errands, creating exotic materials, building experimental devices and re-designing our power sub-systems. And I’m guessing that would all be achieved much faster if you were actually there to supervise and direct it personally?”

”..You would be correct Captain. The longer I am away the longer delay to assembling the device we need..” Daniel said. “..And while I do not know if the temporal-reality problems your ship has suffered is related to your current sickness, there is evidence to support this might be the case in which case your own falling ill could be the first of more being effected..” He theorized.

“Dr. Grunch,” instructed Glen, “I’m clearly going nowhere soon. So, please prioritize Daniel. Complete your scans and checks on Daniel first, and let him get back to work as soon as possible. If I’m not dying, then I can wait.”

While Glen was not dying, there was more temporal shifts in his body make up. For example his right kidney was now showing deaging to about what it had been in his late teens-early 20s! While his sense of hearing was showing advanced deterioration due to the onset of advanced aging. As a result Glen’s capacity to hear was for the moment quite muffled.

“Nurse While I do some research I need you to keep up on treating the Captains Problems” he said turning to one of his nursing staff then turning to his office to start trying to figure out how to fix the captains condition

”..Of course Doctor..” NE Nurse Beedlepan said.

“What was that? I didn’t quite catch it?” Glen asked Grunch, “I don’t think this has reached the point to pray in church, but I’m sorry if I have become a problem.”

Glen couldn’t hear the reply, “I can’t hear you. Is your UT on mute?

Grunch Left the Nurse in charge while he went to his office to start Researching pulling up any information he could about Temporal Anomalies affecting a persons body and looking to see if there were any cases similar to this before he also looked into all the past cases to see how the patients body was affected by a temporal anomaly and how it was fixed.

Glen again tried to sit up, but didn’t have the energy. He saw the Doctor speaking to the Nurse but he couldn’t hear what they said, nor had he ever learnt to lip read. He realised something was seriously wrong with his hearing; he also couldn’t hear the hum and bleeps from the bio-bed display panel, nor the whooshing of Grunch’s door as he left the room. This situation was no longer something to joke about if the sickness he was experienced was more widespread. He knew that Daniel was still in Sickbay, when he should be helping the crew build the machine to reverse these weird effects.

Glen was also starving; which was odd, since he had eaten not very long ago. He wasn’t sure if the hunger was another symptom of his malaise, but it was a big coincidence if it wasn’t. “Any chance of some food from the replicator?” Glen asked the Nurse. “Or, could you get my Yeoman and ask her to get Chef to rustle up something from the kitchen? I’m famished!”

• Glen, CO

Beedlepan came over to the captain eyeing the results. She spoke up almost at a shouting level that should be enough for Glen to hear her. “..The temporal shifts in your body Captain are effecting your hearing. Try to relax, if evidence from the others is any indication it should pass uh soon!” She said.

”..As for some food I’ll get the kitchens to send you something down, any preference?” She inquired?

Meanwhile Daniel had come up besides the two, “..If there is nothing else I really should return to the tasks at hand..” He said.

Beedlepan turned for a moment, “..Oh! Um....sure if there is anything else we need we’ll call!” she said and so Daniel then left to return to work.

GM CockRoach