"They get bored easily," she says, and she has to wonder just when she became one of the leading authorities on the Q. (Or the Borg. Or first contact situations.) "There's only so much a person, omnipotent or not, can do with the vastness of eternity. That Q in particular happens to favor humanity. He enjoys testing and challenging us. He's quite well known on the Enterprise-D for his numerous lessons for humanity, or so he calls them."

Kathryn supposes she ought to be grateful that Q hasn't dragged her and her crew into one of those sordid messes he creates for the sole purpose of teaching humanity some sort of lesson. Though something tells her that he knows better than to even try with her, and she's not quite sure what to make of that.

Now is not the time to overanalyze.

"I'm almost afraid to ask about what sort of stunt he pulled with you."