Once they settled Ianto onto the couch, Sulu found that it was simply easier at this point to just sit on the cushion by Ianto's knees, to keep his arm from dropping over the side in a really uncomfortable way.
"It really isn't, if you disregard the fact that it's the Federation's military, as opposed to just one world's. I've read a lot of historical information on various military forces from Earth and it seems that the basic ideals are the same. Protection of interests, and all. Starfleet also has a big hand in scientific study and exploration, though." He knew he was doing the rambling thing again, like he did with plants, but he had a feeling Jack wasn't really going to mind.
As for the smelling salts, "You're Dr. McCoy's worst nightmare then, I bet," he said with a bit of a laugh, using his free hand to push his hair out of his face. He really, really needed to invest in some hair ties one of these days, since he had a feeling turning him into a girl was the community's favorite thing to do to him. "Sometimes he gets on these rants about 20th century medical practices. You know, needles and saws and stuff. 'Barbaric,'" he quoted McCoy, trying his best to sound like a gruff, unimpressed Southern man as he did so. "Like anyone had a choice back then." Or now, really. But Sulu wasn't going to harass anyone about 21st century practices, especially when he was in that century.
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"It really isn't, if you disregard the fact that it's the Federation's military, as opposed to just one world's. I've read a lot of historical information on various military forces from Earth and it seems that the basic ideals are the same. Protection of interests, and all. Starfleet also has a big hand in scientific study and exploration, though." He knew he was doing the rambling thing again, like he did with plants, but he had a feeling Jack wasn't really going to mind.
As for the smelling salts, "You're Dr. McCoy's worst nightmare then, I bet," he said with a bit of a laugh, using his free hand to push his hair out of his face. He really, really needed to invest in some hair ties one of these days, since he had a feeling turning him into a girl was the community's favorite thing to do to him. "Sometimes he gets on these rants about 20th century medical practices. You know, needles and saws and stuff. 'Barbaric,'" he quoted McCoy, trying his best to sound like a gruff, unimpressed Southern man as he did so. "Like anyone had a choice back then." Or now, really. But Sulu wasn't going to harass anyone about 21st century practices, especially when he was in that century.