--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Celine was surprised to hear that the station had
> suffered from such poor
> > work. She could not imagine Starfleet allowing
> the "gem" of its
> facilities to
> > be so mismanaged. The station was a major hub to
> both the military and
> > civilian fleets for the capitol world. "At least
> you seem to have gotten
> things
> > to run a great deal better, sir. You are probably
> right in your theory."
> >
> {Fleet only cares that their ships come and go on
> time and cargo is where it
> is supposed to be. They do not 'see' the sticking
> doors, or dimming light
> panels and failing conduits until it stops
> commerce.}
>
> The human was amazed that the Horta continued to
> serve in the fleet if he
> was so unahappy with everything. She did not want
> to pick a fight with him so
> she decided to change the subject. "Do you have a
> mate or any other close
> family?"
>
> {If One could laugh One would, I am barely a child
> of 87 years, and will not
> mate till it close to time for our species to die,
> but then again, our
> biology/ecology has changed so I may live longer
> than the usual 1000 or so. Our
> species dies off every 1000 years to allow the
> planet to recover for 1000,
> while our eggs are watched over by a Great Mother,
> hatched to watch over the eggs
> of our people. But The Kirk may have changed all
> that.}
>
> "Does that mean that you do not commit to close
> individual relationships?"
> Celine thought that would have been a very lonely
> existence.
>
{That remains to be seen, but as of now, no our people
do not have 'relationships' with each other. But I
have forged close bonds with the family of Mr
Knucklebiter. His father worked with me, and now he
does as probably will his children and thiers.}
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