> "I did, indeed," he told her. A pause. "This <[hlai]> isn't going to stay > in the bag," he told her. "We're going to have to go public. And once we > do...." He sighed. "I've got lots of offers from the private sector so it > only makes sense that I'm the one who should resign from Starfleet. It'll > look natural now, anyway, with all that's happened."
"But it would be premature," Carrhae replied. "There is no regulation against officers developing intimate relationships. Indeed, two flag officers here at Spacedock, Admirals Renaud and Bedru, are married. "I had wished for privacy until we were both certain of the direction our relationship. It seems, however, that we no longer have the luxury of privacy." "It would seem that way, yes," he said. A pause. "There is no regulation?" he asked for clarification. (*eh?) "I was under the misperception that there was." Another pause, and then the smile crept into his voice. "Imagine my sudden joy and lack of trepidation."
