--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Humor was a concept he was familiar with and still
> trying to assimilate,
> when his saw LtCmdr LaLune Ares ahead of him.
>
> {Good Morning LT Commander Ares} he said.
>
> Celine had been walking down the corridor toward
> her duty shift when she
> heard the familiar tones of her departmental
> chief's "voice." She stopped and
> turned to face him. "Good morning, Commander. Did
> you sleep well?"
>
> {I did not 'sleep' per se, Lt Commander, but would
> be more easily expressed
> as 'napped'. I require 36 hours of 'sleep', but can
> go indefinitely on 10
> hours here and there. I will take my full down time
> once Mr Knucklebiter returns
> and you are settled in the department.}
>
> Celine did not know much about Horta physiology, but
> this was definitely and
> interesting introduction to their sleeping habits.
> She could not imagine
> scheduling 10-36 hours of sleep. She had enough
> time managing eight.
>
> "It seems that your party went a long way to improve
> departmental moral.
> Good choice of rewards."
>
> {Yes, the calculated effects of time spent in a non
> productive form, along
> with the fact that all items are paid for by someone
> else does wonders every
> now and again. The final total from the innkeeper
> was far less than I had
> figured, but reports were that no one left
> unhappy.}
>
> They moved further down the corridors, when Shevab
> inquired {Are your
> younglings doing well with the change and move
> here?}
>
> Surprise was an understatement for Celine. She
> never imagined that Shevab
> would take that kind of interest in the people who
> worked for him. She was
> impressed. "They are doing well. I think children
> adapt easier than we
> adults. Their curiosity seems to overpower their
> feelings of loss." Celine
> clearly was fitting in on the station, but was
> missing something, or someone, that
> was left behind at her previous post.
{Yes, it is so. When Mr Knucklebiter's was a cubling,
he and his siblings spent many hours getting into
trouble with thier curiosity. His father would say
that he was just like him as cub. Subject Change; work
should be very low maintenace or 'easy' items for a
while, so you may familiarize yourself with station
systems and plans for upcoming projects.}
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