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[two_percent_dopamine]

[He'd gone blank before, shut down in China, in Dean's office. He was too used to being shut down, waking up some place other than he last remembered.

[But this was...new. And unpleasant, even among a series of experiences that Alex would describe as less-than-pleasant. Because it wasn't his docking cradle he'd woken up in. At first he'd thought he'd been kidnapped, but there were no guards, and his weapons were just where he'd stowed them, fully charged. ]

This is Detective Ale--. Just Alex.

[The voice is slightly modulated, almost , but not quite, inhuman.]

I’m looking for a man. A Dr Dennett Norton. Five foot nine, Caucasian, mid-forties. No criminal history.

[You spend enough time on the force, and people seem to settle into categories like that.]

I can provide a list of known associates.

[A short list: did Norton have a family? Anything outside his work? He should probably know, after all this time.]

He’s….. I need him.

[He doesn’t want to say for what, at least just yet.]

((ooc: open to network or action for anyone on/near the ship))

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[heartofasun]

"Not in this universe." Trance smiled sweetly, and then arched an eyebrow. "Did you really expect me to answer that?" Even if he got hold of the criminal database in her universe, in it, well she looked different. For one, she was purple. And had a tail. And short blond hair.

[two_percent_dopamine]

"Think you just did answer it." He managed a grin. "Guess what matters is, what are you in this universe?"

'This universe'. It all still sounds a little weird.

[heartofasun]

She gave him a little look, eyes sparkling a bit. What was she? "Trance Gemini." Again, yup, that answered everything. Truth be told, almost the entirety of the Andromeda crew were criminals. They went from point A to point G in ways that others couldn't. And Trance needed that.

"Sometimes criminals are the only way to get something done."

[two_percent_dopamine]

He has a feeling the correct answer here should be 'touche'. He'd have to be the worst cop in Detroit history to not recognize he was being stonewalled. Well, yeah, maybe he didn't need to know. Yet.

"Fair enough." It's not nice to arrest helpful strangers, Alex. Especially on no evidence.

But that second bit hits a little hard. Yeah...someone may have done a little unauthorized violence himself in his day. "...there has to be some limit, though." Which sounds, probably, a lot like a confession.