Again, he failed to count for her resourcefulness in the face of impossible odds, such as tossing a pregnant tribble into a pet carrier. If he wanted them to breed in an open environment, he should've shoved the initial tribble off on someone not her. She smiles at him, brightly and innocently, as if there's absolutely nothing wrong with what she's doing.

It was the same sort of smile he'd seen plastered to a much younger Katie Janeway's face.

"Haven't you always wanted a pet? Now we'll have a good three hundred to contend with. You know what they say, the more the merrier."