Probably both, to be honest. But Julian has something in his back pocket that he thinks might possibly help him, should this come to blows.
"Of you? Enough. I'm not sure who else would put it together--you don't look at all like you do in the history books." Julian narrows his eyes, because why that is is completely beyond him. Unless...perhaps he's from the other reality, the one Doctor McCoy is from. He's not about to ask. That would be revealing his presence, and if he was so adamant that the Enterprise had been severely damaged, if not destroyed...Julian had to make sure that didn't happen for as long as possible.
He lifts his chin, looks straight at him--the spectre of history that everyone says is the darker side of toying with genetics, the reason there are laws in place against those like him that came after. Like himself.
"I'm sure if I belonged to this timeline, I'd be court-martialed for what I'm about to say. I will not report to Captain Picard so long as you give me your word that you will not harm anyone on this ship."
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"Of you? Enough. I'm not sure who else would put it together--you don't look at all like you do in the history books." Julian narrows his eyes, because why that is is completely beyond him. Unless...perhaps he's from the other reality, the one Doctor McCoy is from. He's not about to ask. That would be revealing his presence, and if he was so adamant that the Enterprise had been severely damaged, if not destroyed...Julian had to make sure that didn't happen for as long as possible.
He lifts his chin, looks straight at him--the spectre of history that everyone says is the darker side of toying with genetics, the reason there are laws in place against those like him that came after. Like himself.
"I'm sure if I belonged to this timeline, I'd be court-martialed for what I'm about to say. I will not report to Captain Picard so long as you give me your word that you will not harm anyone on this ship."