"Do you have some token of these vows?" the Priest asked.
Matthew took only a moment to register the words, then almost apologetically his right hand left Carrhae's to pull a box out of his pocket, which he opened. He pulled her two rings out together.
Carrhae smiled at his obvious discomfiture. Good to know she was not alone in this.
"With this ring," O'Malley prompted.
"With this ring," Matt repeated.
"I pledge to you all that I have and all that I own."
"I pledge to you all that I have, and all that I own, and all that is within my power to give you," he ad-libbed.
While all of this was going on,...
Major Turner looked for Kalina, their host....
Kalina was standing near Carrhae as the matron-of-honor. However, she had noticed the security activity nearby. She looked at Turner with a troubled question in her expression, 'Is something wrong?'
Turner read her expression, and nodded. He hoped that he would have gotten his
main message across- get the people inside as soon as practical. If the guests
were together, they were easier to safe guard.
She nodded, not even thinking to question him. She had appreciated the way he
and the rest of the security forces had tried to minimize their presence. That
he now was openly making himself seen said something was possibly happening.
And she guessed it was only a suspicion because he had not yet interrupted the
ceremony.
Matt then handed her the ring, and O'Malley wlked her through the vows as well.
Kalina tried to catch O'Malley's eyes and gestured towards Turner. Could he quicken the pace?
(reaction?)
(any ad-libbing? comments on the rings, oh pointed one? Claddaugh wedding rings with sapphire hands and ruby hearts.)
With determination, Carrhae stilled her trembling hand before she extended it to
receive the rings. When she saw the pair upon her fingers, she did not try to
hide the depth of her feelings for the man who had presented them to her.
She accepted the third from Matt, then repeated the vows--but in Rihannsu--before adding, [<I honor as no other.>]
Carrhae then placed the ring upon Matt's finger and looked into his eyes.
(reaction?)
"By the power invested in me by the Holy Catholic Church, the United Federation of Planets, the Tricameron and the Praetoreate, I hereby declare you man and wife, and bondmates," O'Malley said, the smile growing wider.
She stepped into his arms for the kiss that was as much a seal in her culture as
it was in his.
(eh?)
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