[ her silence is less a refusal to surrender information -- though certainly a reasonable possibility, but the nature of this unique situation leaves her with more wiggle room than others would -- than it is quiet calculation. weighing her options, making a mental list of viable loopholes, of all the checks and balances. for while the temporal prime directive was vague at points, left open to interpretation due to the varying nature of that which it applied to, liberties were not to be taken lightly. ]

Oh, trust me, I'm aware. Time travel is a messy business, and I can't say I envy your position. Hopefully not as meddlesome as some of the examples in my own version of history have been.

[ looking at you, braxton. ]

I'm in command of a starship, yes, if that's what you're asking. The USS Voyager.