> > 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."
>
> "Perhaps you would like to sit and make
> yourself comfortable," she suggested.
>
> Once he had done so, she joined him, pulling a
> chair to face him. Slowly, she
> reached out and touched his face, gently, then
> closed her eyes. "Your mind to my
> mind," she intoned softly, "your thoughts to my
> thoughts."
>
> (and I'll let you take it from here, Chris,
> since you're the only one who knows how
> this should go?)
>
> Matt watched the two of them, quickly and
> surripticiously scanning the room for
> available weapons in the unlikely event that
> this was all a huge mistake, and the
> Venasians were about to exert undue and violent
> influence upon Admiral Lasiter.
The two were connected for several minutes. While they were connected, a
great tension could be seen on the their faces. It suddenly eased, and they
eventually ended the meld.
Sulin, for her part, looked no worse for ware. Samuel, for his part,
looked like he embodied a battlefield after the main event. Surprisingly he
quickly recovered.
The report was not what anyone had expected. First off, there was not any
evidence of any undue influence. In fact there was a benelivance about it. As
if it honestly were done for the benefit of the Admiral. However, there was
some bad news. The full extent of the bond could not be determined. While
the examining the nature of the bond, there was some resistance to the
examination. Venasians have strong telepathic protection mechanisms, and to
one extent or another that translates to the bonded. The short of the long of
the story is that Sulin could sense that some control could be exerted in
'normal' curcumstances, but she got the feeling that this was not a normal
bond. Something was different, but she could not say what. Not for sure.
She was not, could not, be sure if outside influence could be exerted.
By the end of her accounting Lasiter was long recovered.
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