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Epilogue.
Seska sat in the mess hall staring out the porthole. She could see her recently restored Cardassian features reflected in the window pane. It still looked strange to see her own face again after so long.
She wondered about the other Seska. Had she really been that close to betraying Voyager, betraying Chakotay? One alternate choice, okay, one very bad alternate choice, and it had all gone downhill from there. Once the replicator deal had gone wrong, would she have been able to stay on the ship instead of beaming to the Kazon? She certainly would not have been able to gain Chakotay's trust again -or anyone else's, for that matter- if she had been found out at that time. It was going to take a long time even now, no matter what Captain Janeway had said.
She heard the door open. She did not turn when she saw B'Elanna walk up to her table in the reflection of the glass. As B'Elanna came to her table and looked down at her, she turned and looked up.
After a while B'Elanna spoke. "So that is what you really look like."
"I'm sorry, B'Elanna," Seska said. "I lied to you -to everyone."
"I can't say nothing has changed," B'Elanna replied. "But. you did not betray us."
She paused, and Seska, not knowing what to say, remained silent.
"We're playing a game of pool against the guys from Security in a few minutes, do you want to come?" B'Elanna asked.
For a moment, Seska looked at her, startled, trying to see if B'Elanna was serious. The half-klingon woman met her gaze without speaking, but neither did she look away. Breaking into a smile, Seska got up.
"You bet," she said, and followed B'Elanna out of the mess hall.
Epilogue.
Seska sat in the mess hall staring out the porthole. She could see her recently restored Cardassian features reflected in the window pane. It still looked strange to see her own face again after so long.
She wondered about the other Seska. Had she really been that close to betraying Voyager, betraying Chakotay? One alternate choice, okay, one very bad alternate choice, and it had all gone downhill from there. Once the replicator deal had gone wrong, would she have been able to stay on the ship instead of beaming to the Kazon? She certainly would not have been able to gain Chakotay's trust again -or anyone else's, for that matter- if she had been found out at that time. It was going to take a long time even now, no matter what Captain Janeway had said.
She heard the door open. She did not turn when she saw B'Elanna walk up to her table in the reflection of the glass. As B'Elanna came to her table and looked down at her, she turned and looked up.
After a while B'Elanna spoke. "So that is what you really look like."
"I'm sorry, B'Elanna," Seska said. "I lied to you -to everyone."
"I can't say nothing has changed," B'Elanna replied. "But. you did not betray us."
She paused, and Seska, not knowing what to say, remained silent.
"We're playing a game of pool against the guys from Security in a few minutes, do you want to come?" B'Elanna asked.
For a moment, Seska looked at her, startled, trying to see if B'Elanna was serious. The half-klingon woman met her gaze without speaking, but neither did she look away. Breaking into a smile, Seska got up.
"You bet," she said, and followed B'Elanna out of the mess hall.