> > "Please have her beam directly into Admiral
> > Lasiter's quarters," Matt told her.
> >
> A few moments later there was a shimmer,
> then a woman began to appear. As
> the transporter effect began to diminish, a
> tall woman dressed in traditional
> Vulcan robes.
>
> Matt turned to face the newcomer. he said to
> her in Vulcan,
> managing to contort his fingers into the
> traditional Vulcan welcome gesture. "And
> thank you for coming -and so quickly - on such
> short notice."
>
> Sulin of Vulcan bowed her head fractionally in
> deference to Matt's greeting. She
> was middle aged by Vulcan standards, very rigid
> and formal in her posture. She was
> one of the five senior educators at the Vulcan
> Medical Sciences Academy.
>
> "Healer Brennan," she greeted him,
> "distinguished admirals," she added, her eyes
> flickering to Carrhae and Samuel. "Your
> request seemed most urgent, so all due
> haste was taken. The one consents?" she asked
> Matt.
>
> He nodded. "He does, in fact."
>
> Sulin turned to Samuel. "A Vulcan mind-meld is
> not undertaken lightly, Admiral,"
> she told him, "a fact Healer Brennan is well
> aware of. For him to even suggest it,
> i understand there must be extraordinary
> circumstances at work. I choose not to be
> informed of the full depth of those
> circumstances, I need only to know that this is
> something to which you consent. Have you any
> questions about the contact?"
"I enter into this with an open mind and open eyes. I welcome this
joining of minds. May we begin."
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