Samuel got the cue, and followed just a few moments behind Matt. He was not
sure what this conversation was to be about, and thinking of it brought him out
of the festive distraction and into a decidedly more serious mind set.
He entered the room, noteing the security detail was making sure that they were
not disturbed, and locked the door behind them.
Turning to face the Doc, "That looks tasty.", Samuel said refering to the
cognac.
"Evaporates in your mouth," Matt promised him. 'It should. It's three hundred
years old." He lifted the snifter to his nose and swirled it a bit, letting
his hand's heat warm the liquid. It really did smell good. Even better than
the first bottle to have come out of this crate.
Matt waited for Samuel to have a seat. "This isn't a bad talk, Samuel," Matt
told him by way of reassurance. "At least, I surely hope you don't take it
that way."
Samuel shot Matthew a quizical look, not real sure what to make of the comment.
He didn't say anything not wanting derail the conversation with anything
unnecessary.
"I'm sure you've noticed, though you've been too polite to remark upon, how
quickly I have healed from my injuries during the attack at your son's funeral."
"Now that you mention it..."
"The truth is, Sam, that I died that day."
Matthew first got a blank stare, the... "What the he!! are you talking about?"
"I mean, I really did die. It's not documented anywhere, because Mary Basco
knows, as does Carrhae, and they were the only two with me from the time my
life functions ceased until they began again."
"I don't understand, Matthew.", Lasiter admitted.
Matt took a small sip of his cognac. It really *did* evaporate on the tongue.
"There's no way to break this kind of news gently, so I'll just blurt it out.
I was born in what is now County Shannon in Ireland, as close as I can
determine, in 326 AD. Well, CE now, for common era. After nearly two millenia
of the old term, I'm having trouble with CE, let alone stardates. I'm an
Immortal, though to be honest, that term isn't entirely accurate. I can be
killed, it's just damned difficult to do so."
"But you're human...", he answered as if he were not completely sure.
{response}
Co-GM of the Spacedock/JSOC Game
Characters:
Adm. Samuel Lasiter,
RAdm. Markus Garibaldi,
Emissary Marconis,
LCDR Donovan Black, and a host of others.
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