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[ Doctor Simon Tam ☤ SCI»010»030 ]

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[doc_pompous]

[WHAT NO COME BACK TIME TOOOOO

play some phone tag. That is the only solution.]

This is, ah. This is Doctor Tam. I got your message, I wanted to tell you that it's--it's fine. We were all under duress and if you'd like to discuss the issue at hand, I'd be more than willing to do so.

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[allbloodyhail]

Tell me more about this lab blood.

Please

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[doc_pompous]

It's synthetic, meant to be a substitute for human blood. It works for some, but not all. We do have synthesizers though, so given a sample of animal blood or another substance, it's not out of the realm of possibility to make different substitutes.

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[allbloodyhail]

without getting all sciencey on me -- what's it made upof? just chemicals?

[doc_pompous]

No, it's organic. Just artificially grown.

[allbloodyhail]

Which to me, means...?

[doc_pompous]

It's not made of chemicals. It's made of...what blood's made of, it's just made by an artificial process as opposed to a natural one.

[allbloodyhail]

and you're SURE there's nothing else in it?

[ not that he'll believe simon anyway!!!! ]

[doc_pompous]

Yes. Have you tried it? That's not meant to be rude and my apologies if it comes across that way. I'm just genuinely curious about the difference.

[allbloodyhail]

No I haven't.

[ he almost leaves it at that but then remembers he is trying to not be a jerk. ]

one girl said it made her sick, but she's the type that's got to feed live. like an Anne Rice one or something? I was just trying to figure if there was any way to get animal blood to the ship for those of us who can

[doc_pompous]

We have some livestock in the Oxygen Gardens. We could synthesize blood from a sample, see if it works.

[allbloodyhail]

I may have already got the other doctor in on this. McCoy? Wasn't sure if you'd want to help me after I yelled at you.

You guys work together, right?

[doc_pompous]

Doctor McCoy, yes. My colleague. He knows what he's doing.

[allbloodyhail]

Alright so. You two can... synthesize some animal blood then? Just like you did the othe rstuff.

[doc_pompous]

We can. If it proves inedible we can discuss other options.

[allbloodyhail]

[ oh god here comes the hard part... ]

I appreciate this, doc.

[doc_pompous]

[u did good, Spike]

Don't mention it. It's not a problem.