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Including Patricia Roe's debut story, one of her
finest!
"Very well then, why are you putting your command
at risk on this mission?"
"Who said I was? Sarek? … You keep coming up with
information I don't have … want to tell me what's going on?"
"No." Spock left no room for doubt about that.
Spock was already out of bed, adjusting the room
light. Jim threw back the clothes and followed him to the window. "Let's
greet the day with a merry cry of - oh, shi…!"
The big picture window was filled with blinding light ---
Spock could just make out something that resolved itself into a human form in
climbing suit and jet boots before the flash from the holo camera blazed and
blazed again.
"Damnit,
Spock! Kirk was treading water and trying to kick off his boots. "Why
aren't you wearing a swimsuit? Didn't Vulcans ever invent them?"
"Captain, Vulcan is a desert planet. Why should we
invent anything as illogical as a suit for swimming in?"
… Mr. Spock, have you ever heard the proverb, 'Dangerous
as a wet Vulcan'?"
"I was scared Spock … so damn scared, I didn't know what to do - didn't know what I'd done that had made you - "
"What you had done?" Spock blurted out
incredulously. You have done nothing. All was as it should be … Elisa
suddenly became part of my life …"
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