<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Mission:  An End and a Beginning</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Day: 2</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Stardate:  2446.03.17</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(32,31,30);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Vulcan - Capital City - Nivar Institute - ACEO Ensign Tegian Pex - 1237</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(32,31,30);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Tegian stood patiently by T'shalaith's bed as she continued to recover from whatever had occurred at the temple.  Tegian was sure that her father was gone from her mind, but how long it would take her to recover and what she needed to do so had yet to be stated by anyone.  Honestly, he was glad to be out of the heat and the thin air.</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">She startled him out of his own musings with a greeting.  He smiled down at her.  "How are you feeling, T'shalaith?"</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">(Reply T'shalaith, IFW)</span><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">T'shaliath, sounding a lot like herself, then cryptically described how she had kept herself intact and how she was recovering.  But, asking him who she was before her father inhabited her mind wasn't something Tegian could answer.  He hadn't known her before then.  He took one of her hands in between his and gently caressed it.</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">"I can't tell you what you were like before your father's Katra took up residence, T'shalaith.  But, I will be happy to explore that with you, if you so wish.  But, if you need time alone, I will understand."</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">(Reply T'shalaith)</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">(Posted by Keith)</font></span></p></div></div>