Theres been moments, but theyre often brushed past for a gag, or resolved very quickly.

For the most part Starbase 80?!

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But what really makes it interesting is also seeing that kind of arc mirrored by her mother.

In Starbase 80?!

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Well, that is if she isnt taken out by a giant pyrithian bat, that is.

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