"It's not boring, it's just unusual." Bashir misses some of the variety of Starfleet and the wormhole, but he's been keeping himself entertained by trying to understand fundamental rules of magic. Not as much luck there as he'd like, but he has time.

"And it does make being a doctor a little easier. I'm mostly working with the non-humans at the hospital, but that there are fewer of them and many are similar enough to humans that there's fewer concerns about biological incompatibility." After he says it, he realizes that it might not be a common enough topic to instantly make sense. "Suffice to say, some species are violently allergic to parts of other species."