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While his eyes were still adjusting to the torchlight, a slight change in the tilt of his head was the only reaction he showed when the request for [i]another[/i] Kiel was put to the group.  Archer's feelings regarding Kiel was complicated, to say the least - he couldn't hold the failings of the one who gave him the limp over the entire people, and they weren't part of the Federation.  Still, before the war nearly two centuries prior, they [i]had[/i] been a dominant power in the Andromeda Galaxy on the other side of the wormhole.
Quietly listening to the back-and-forth between the others, relying more on his ears than his thrice damned eyesight refusing to pick how dilated it wanted to be, Archer nodded in appreciation when the Major tasking aide to those among the group at a physical disadvantage.  From the list of names she rattled off, he inferred the other two were most likely acclimatized to a lower gravity - he doubted there was another gimp on the crew besides himself.
He blinked, his vision having cleared up enough that, when Dr. Allan addressed Finbarr, Archer was able to correct his earlier assumption.  Though this Allan could still be from low gravity, it was hard to miss the silhouette's small stature.  He was about to move closer when his thoughts were interrupted.
"Archer, isn't it?" the intelligence officer turned his head as Hazma addressed him, "This is certainly not the best day of our assignment," Archer held his tongue as the other man seemed to still have more to say, "Here, let me lend a hand," Nathan again nodded a wordless thanks and gratefully accepted the extra support being offered, "We're going to walk five kilometres, and it's best to remain in prime condition for now."
Now sensing Hazma had said his piece, Archer responded as the two men moved together.
"Thankfully," he replied, "a mere five kilometers won't kill anyone here.  Speed, not stamina, is my issue," a tilt of the head to indicate his bad leg, "then again, I got off light from that explosion.
"Thanks again for the help," he told Hazma, "and its Nathaniel Archer, but got tired of people asking if I was named after the captain of the [i]Defiance[/i]," he chuckled, "so normally go by Archer."
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