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<span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Stardate: 2446.03.26</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px">
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<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Bohb had been roused early by Luma, who was concerned that
her "new young ones" were crawling around in the Jeffries tube in the warp nacelles. They had no reason to be there and she was worried that they were up to no good.</span><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Grumbling he rolled out of his hammock bed and dressed quickly.
Then he plodded down to the access port of the tubes that led up to the nacelles. His dexterity allowed him to climb the ladders quickly and near silently. By the time he approached the top of the tube he could hear voices. </span></div>
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<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">“You
know the problem with this," a male voice said.</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">"Yea,” a female voice replied, “now we have to go down."</span><br>
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<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Bohb
popped his head up through the intersection and saw the end product of the cadets’ work. </span></span></div>
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may not be the biggest problem,” Bohb said. </span></span></div>
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all turned and looked at the Magillan, eyes wide and lose jaws. </span></span></div>
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<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Bohb
pulled his arms through the space and put them on the tube floor. Then he rested his chin on his arms and admired the art work. </span></span></div>
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someone care to explain exactly what is going on here “ Bohb asked. </span></span></div>
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