"Yes, ma'am. They haven't figured out yet whether Q moved my ship to their universe, or if this is still my universe. Either way, I'm just glad someone was here to find me."

The ship bobbed in mid-air again. "Nice to meet you, Gaila. And that's cool! I met someone else from that time awhile back, a Pavel Checkov." Pavel had provided the schematics of his Enterprise, which Alex had used to enhance this model, in fact. It was a debt Alex still owed him.

"Can I buy you a drink? Er, and that sounded totally like me hitting on you, which I was not, er, sorry? I mean... I meant..." Now you get to meet Alex, the flailing flailer, Gaila.

He cut himself off. "Er... yes. I mean, care to join me?" Over at his table, Alex's head thunked into his table.