:) :)

I was working from memory for much of this, to be honest. I went back and rewatched the transporter accident scene at least twice after I'd drafted Rand's section, and... remembered all over again just how affecting that scene actually was. Good lord. The *sounds* involved, the horrified shipboard dialogue, Starfleet's almost too casual (but you can tell the man on the comm is shaken) reply, and that crew member shrieking in agony while Sonak is entirely silent... jeez.