> "It's good, then, "Ael said with a crooked smile, "that we can be so
> obliging."
"One should be obliging, especially when it's of mutual benefit."
Carrhae took a swallow of her drink and concentrated on the sensation of the blue
fire as it travelled down her throat.
"My supplier's assurance about the quality of the ale was accurate," she said
with obvious appreciation.
> obliging."
"One should be obliging, especially when it's of mutual benefit."
Carrhae took a swallow of her drink and concentrated on the sensation of the blue
fire as it travelled down her throat.
"My supplier's assurance about the quality of the ale was accurate," she said
with obvious appreciation.
Ael nodded. "It is more than simply adequate," she agreed. She was certain she had easier access, and would have to ensure that she had a case sent to the woman. "I believe I promised you a story." Her smile became crooked again. (OOC: and I will try and hurry things so we don't stay forever a day behind).
"Matthew, as I'm sure you know, completed his medical training her within the Federation, including some time on Vulcan. He wanted more experience in Copper based physiology so he applied, and was accepted, to come to the Twin Homeworlds, working with the Fleet's Medical Corps as an accepted observer. He was given the rank of sub-commander and rather quickly, because of his obvious talent, he was given command of a small orbiting hospital. He was on call one evening when an automated signal went off alerting him to a medical emergency on one of the orbiting sensor platforms. He took an ambulance shuttle there and docked, and opened the hatch.
Inside, there had been an overload which had caused a lot of charred circuitry. My sister, Rhiana, had commanded a small detachment that had been sent to realign the platform and she met him at the hatch, clearly injured. According to Matthew, she had a broken arm, a deep scalp wound with a lot of ongoing blood loss, and she was coughing up blood, which told him she had a severe lung injury as well. Matthew quickly surveyed the remainder of her team and realized that Rhiana was the most injured, so he turned his attention to her. She made it clear to him, in no uncertain terms, that he was to see to her people first, regardless of the relative merits of the injuries. You surely know him well enough to know that only medical severity determines his immediacy of care?"
(eh?)
"Well, Rhiana's tirade continued, even as he bandaged her. When she finally realized he would not leave her until last, she hit him. Very hard, from what I understand, across the face, and made it quite clear that as a sub-commander, he would, like it or not, follow the orders of a full commander."
(eh?)
"So, he sedated her. When she woke up, back in his infirmary, she had a few more choice words for him. Then an Ennarain showed up, one that Matthew apparently had treated before. The Ennarain let Rhiana know that her behavior towards this human healer would not be tolerated, and she was ordered to apologize. Well, she oculdn't well ignore that order after berating Matthew for refusing to follow orders, so she did apologize and ask his forgiveness. He said he would grant his forgiveness, but only under one condition: She had to go on a date with him."
(eh?)
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Randy
Randy
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