"Q? Q!" Picard shouts, but it's no use. Q has gone.
Sighing, he drags one hand over his face and circles back to his desk. These meetings with Q are always far too short, but at least it feels like they have made some progress. Q has, after all, alluded to coming to his senses and allowing their visitors—blast, his visitors—to return to their homes. Unfortunately it came along with the implication that guests may continue to reside on the Enterprise for quite some time yet. Not ideal, no, but if there is some underlying point to all this, then Picard will find it. Perhaps in doing so, it will at last bring an end to all this madness.
He returns to reviewing the list Deanna provided for him. Employment opportunities, recreation, means of keeping everyone aboard busy and content. It's enough to give him a headache, but at this point he must admit keeping them all under lock and key will do none of them any good at all.
no subject
Sighing, he drags one hand over his face and circles back to his desk. These meetings with Q are always far too short, but at least it feels like they have made some progress. Q has, after all, alluded to coming to his senses and allowing their visitors—blast, his visitors—to return to their homes. Unfortunately it came along with the implication that guests may continue to reside on the Enterprise for quite some time yet. Not ideal, no, but if there is some underlying point to all this, then Picard will find it. Perhaps in doing so, it will at last bring an end to all this madness.
He returns to reviewing the list Deanna provided for him. Employment opportunities, recreation, means of keeping everyone aboard busy and content. It's enough to give him a headache, but at this point he must admit keeping them all under lock and key will do none of them any good at all.