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<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Mission: A Cure Delayed</font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Day: 5</font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Stardate: 2445.10.29</font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(Vulcan - ShiKahr- Bazaar-
</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Café</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Donabula- Davelahn – 1202)</span></font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You
are more interested in the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">crew member you saw me with,” Quinna stated. “She piqued your curiosity. Am I</span> r</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ight? What is she to you? I</span> realize that it was
two questions. So…<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Davelahn looked at the doctor for a moment, considering her question. He wondered what gave her impression that he had been
interested in a girl. He had not asked any directed questions about her. This human penchant to go on a “hunch” had always perplexed Davelahn, as they did mot Vulcans. There is a certain amount of calculated risk in them, chance if you will, and humans did
enjoy the thrill of gamble. It was not always logical, but it was often correct.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Now he had to tread very carefully. More carefully than he had wanted to. He made his own calculations to decide the correct
course of the conversation.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“I</span>
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">am not certain who you are speaking of,” he said. “I</span> b</font><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">elieve
that I</span> </span><font face="Calibri"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">have shown interested in your entire complement. You are a curious collection. When you ask if SHE piqued my curiosity, I</span> c</font><font face="Calibri">an only assume that
you speak of the Vulcan female. I suppose she does have an interest, because she is Vulcan. More than that I cannot say, as I am unaware of who she is. She does remind me of somebody.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">Then he looked deeply into Quinna’s eyes. “However, I have noticed that you have been very… unforthcoming when I asked you questions about your companions. I
would go as far to say you have been… untruthful about them. This leads me to certain inferences and implications. First, you stated that this is a working trip. You are a doctor, are you not? So I must assume that you are not on Vulcan for traditional
healing herbs, but that the Nivar Institute offers something that no other place does.”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">He watched her body language to see if his words made an impression. They apparently did. So he continued not waiting for a response.</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">“What does the Novar Institute have that is unique? It has treatments fro Vulcans, so yes that lie and the fact that your companion was the only Vulcan in your
group “piqued my interest” as you put it. Then there is the fact that I have seen each of your comrades outside of the Institute with the sole exception of the girl. Your reticence to be completely honest with me drove me to address my curiosities. You
seem to think that I know this girl. So let me ask you, how do you perceive my relationship with her?”</font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">(reply Quinna)</font></p>
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