Pieces of you.

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Aside from their initial visit, the rest of the visits Alison and Longshot had made to see Dr. Crusher had been exciting and pleasant. Tiny heartbeats and surprise twins. Things had always gone well and been fairly painless.

This one promised to be somewhat less appealing. Not baby-wise, of course. The twins were still growing healthy and strong. Alison had felt no pain or discomfort so far -- aside from a little morning sickness. The tea the jonin had given her was helping. She was anxious to see another ultrasound to see how big they'd grown.

But, this would also be the day that Longshot allowed the doctor to give him deeper brain scans to test the depth of the damage Mojo's constant mind wiping had caused. Her husband had been anxious about it for the last two days leading up to the visit. Alison had done her best to keep him occupied and not thinking about it. Her new habit of narrating everything she was doing for the benefit of the tiny lives growing inside her had been a constant source of amusement for the household. If the books said they could hear sounds, then she would give them sounds, darnit.

She had to sleep, though. And she kept waking to a husband with haunted eyes. If there was something she could do to ease his pain and fear, she would gladly do it. But, all she could offer was support.

They'd arrived to the visit with a portable DVD player borrowed from Lisa and a stack of new films neither of them had seen. Alison also brought some children's books to read to him so that they could pick out favorites to read to the babies. It was all she could think of to do for him.

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Beverly had spent nearly all her time since the last visit getting permission to get the needed equipment to perform the intensive scans on Longshot. She had seen so many loops that she was sure Jean-Luc put in her way to dissuade her that she almost had a self-satisfied smile at getting past all of them. She may have liked being a doctor more than an administrator, but she had been the head of Starfleet Medical for a little while and had gotten some idea on how to maneuver around those problems.

She greeted the couple with a smile. "Hello, Alison. Hello, Longshot. Come in and have a seat."

She gestured them toward the examination table and the chair beside it. "How have things been since your last visit?"

All the equipment needed for Longshot's scan was in a back room. Beverly figured the prenatal care could be handled first.

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As Longshot slowly got on the table and got himself however comfortable, Beverly quietly pulled out the equipment she needed. She looked at Alison to make sure they were still going to go through with the scan. The doctor could see the awkward posture Longshot had from just lying on the examining table.

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Beverly quietly re-entered the office and made her way over to the desk. She checked on the progress and nodded in satisfaction. Then she made her way over to the cartoon-enthralled couple.

"The scan's nearly done. How're you two managing?"