Papaver continued to gather herself, but Qi hoped for her sake that the ceremony wouldn’t take too long. “Anyone know when the formalities are going to kick off properly?” She asked. Qi thought that her smile looked a bit frozen.
"Hopefully soon. However, it seems that the laws of time and space become distorted when one is compelled to wear such uncomfortable attire, in my opinion.” Bowman chimed in.
“Sounds like a strong hypothesis. Maybe temporal mechanics will end up being your specialty,” Qi replied, adjusting his collar. “By the way, I know how it feels to have to cut ties with your family. I hope you’ve found some other people that you can lean on.”
Qi took another sip of wine. He could still remember the weight of trying to live up to the expectations set by his mother’s family, and how good it felt when he’d finally decided to set that weight down for good.
“Do you have any stories from the academy, Mika? Papaver? I could tell you about the time when I got stranded on Luna and almost missed my astrophysics exam. I was out camping with a very handsome Orion classmate and we lost track of time. We had to beg a couple of vacationers to let us borrow their skiff. Luckily, the husband was Starfleet, so he understood the urgency of the matter. We made it back to San Francisco with less than an hour to spare.”
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"Hopefully soon. However, it seems that the laws of time and space become distorted when one is compelled to wear such uncomfortable attire, in my opinion.” Bowman chimed in.
“Sounds like a strong hypothesis. Maybe temporal mechanics will end up being your specialty,” Qi replied, adjusting his collar. “By the way, I know how it feels to have to cut ties with your family. I hope you’ve found some other people that you can lean on.”
Qi took another sip of wine. He could still remember the weight of trying to live up to the expectations set by his mother’s family, and how good it felt when he’d finally decided to set that weight down for good.
“Do you have any stories from the academy, Mika? Papaver? I could tell you about the time when I got stranded on Luna and almost missed my astrophysics exam. I was out camping with a very handsome Orion classmate and we lost track of time. We had to beg a couple of vacationers to let us borrow their skiff. Luckily, the husband was Starfleet, so he understood the urgency of the matter. We made it back to San Francisco with less than an hour to spare.”
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