"You know, if you really hated Voyager, you could just tell me. You don’t need to run off to the Borg or the 21st century for entertainment." That was Captain Kathryn Janeway, welcoming home her daughter, who ran to her parents the minute she materialized on the transporter pad. Emily, Andy, and Blake were greeted by their teary-eyed mother and tough-but-falling-apart father. B’Elanna squeezed Emily so hard Tom had to pry her off so the twelve year old could breathe. Naomi and Seth were greeted by their parents. Naomi raced to her mother and Seth to his father. Anna and Noah were equally thrilled to see their…father, Harry. Seven of Nine, he reported, was still in Astrometrics, verifying that there were no more temporal distortions. Anna and Noah just grinned at another quirk in their mother’s behavior, not taking offense to her mother’s still very strong desire for perfection and efficiency.

"It is so good to be home," Natalie said. But as they walked out of the transporter room, she grinned. "But you wouldn’t believe who we saw there…".

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