Greeting, Lord Mark, and thank you for returning my communication. To simplify my response to your query, may I ask if you are aware of the current status of Lord Vorkosigan?
[ He doesn't dwell on the change in tone, just moves forward in his own even intonation. ]
Due to his alternate history, the current version of Lord Vorkosigan was in possession of a high-quality anti-inflammatory medication that would be of great benefit to the Lord Vorkosigan of which we are more familiar. However, due to the manner of his arrival here, it is uncertain if this medication will return with him to his originating reality, if he does indeed return at all.
With this uncertain deadline in mind, I have been tasked with replicating and producing increased quantities of this medication as soon as possible. To do so, I would require [ a fairly extensive list of specific medical equipment, which Spock lists in most expensive first and in decreasing amounts the longer he goes on. ] I would also require the raw materials to reproduce the medication, and while the specific ingredients are yet unknown, I can provide a list of common anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals that are statistically likely to be present.
[ On the one hand: his business sense demands a cost-benefit analysis of this proposed project. An anti-inflammatory is not necessarily automatically marketable, particularly if it's just one that's useful for Miles' idiosyncratic condition. And it might not even be something that doesn't exist here, and they'll have sunk an enormous investment into something that won't even help them turn a profit. And getting that equipment in a hurry is probably going to cost quite a premium. But...
But it's Miles.
So after a moment: ]
Write up the list. I'll try to source as much as possible through my contacts, who'll give me a better price. The rest, I'll authorize the funds for you to purchase.
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Date: 2016-06-14 07:56 pm (UTC)He calls back within a few minutes. ]
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:00 pm (UTC)This is Spock.
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-14 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-14 08:17 pm (UTC)Yeah.
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:31 pm (UTC)Due to his alternate history, the current version of Lord Vorkosigan was in possession of a high-quality anti-inflammatory medication that would be of great benefit to the Lord Vorkosigan of which we are more familiar. However, due to the manner of his arrival here, it is uncertain if this medication will return with him to his originating reality, if he does indeed return at all.
With this uncertain deadline in mind, I have been tasked with replicating and producing increased quantities of this medication as soon as possible. To do so, I would require [ a fairly extensive list of specific medical equipment, which Spock lists in most expensive first and in decreasing amounts the longer he goes on. ] I would also require the raw materials to reproduce the medication, and while the specific ingredients are yet unknown, I can provide a list of common anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals that are statistically likely to be present.
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:37 pm (UTC)But it's Miles.
So after a moment: ]
Write up the list. I'll try to source as much as possible through my contacts, who'll give me a better price. The rest, I'll authorize the funds for you to purchase.
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:46 pm (UTC)I will have the list ready in 4.2 minutes.
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:48 pm (UTC)Should I stay on the line, then?
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:51 pm (UTC)[ Which he does promptly. And while it's hard to hear typing on a touchscreen, Mark can hear the tapping of fingertips against a smooth surface. ]
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Date: 2016-06-14 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-14 09:03 pm (UTC)But Spock is a little off in his estimation – it's 4 minutes exactly when Mark gets a ping of an incoming email on his phone. ]
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Date: 2016-06-14 10:14 pm (UTC)[ THANK GOD. THE END OF THE AWKWARDNESS. ]
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Date: 2016-06-14 10:21 pm (UTC)Is there an estimated time which these items might be acquired?