Disclaimer: I don't own Spock or Nyota
There are lots of little Drabbles swimming around in my head. Thought I'd put them together here.
Perchance to Dream…
Gazing from Spock's office into the lab where Nyota was sleeping Tyback asked in Vulcan, "Do you require more sleep than a full Vulcan, Spock?"
Spock looked up from where he was grading the other Vulcan's exam. Tyback had been labeled mentally deficient on Vulcan, and there he was a mere mechanic for an agricultural research facility…head mechanic Spock corrected himself.
Tyback had memory problems, but Spock and Nyota had realized that despite this deficiency the rough provincial Vulcan had unusual potential. And a great deal of curiosity…
Tyback had not been deemed gifted enough to receive education in Standard, so Spock answered the question in Vulcan. "Yes, in general, I require two hours of sleep per night. I can go for several days without sleep, but I do not function at peak efficiency."
A full Vulcan like Tyback would not be so encumbered; he would tick along on at all his usual activities without any problems.
Spock added, "I suppose in this way I am disadvantaged."
Tyback looked back at Spock, his face the perfect mask of serenity and emotional control. "I have read a great deal about human dreaming. Do you dream, Spock?"
"Yes," replied Spock, "On occasion."
"I have read human accounts of a very common human dream. Apparently, humans often dream that they are free flying without aid of mechanical devices. Have you had that dream?"
Spock blinked. He had not read that in depth about dreams. He had been more interested in the physiological mechanisms of dreaming. That dream was common?
"I have," Spock admitted. "It was quite illogical…"
"It is just a dream…not illogical or logical I suspect," said Tyback. He straightened and looked at Spock. "Was it…liberating?"
Liberating. Not fun, or exhilarating. Too close to emotions. Liberating just skirted the edge…
And if Spock thought truthfully about it…
"Yes," he admitted, "I suppose it was."
"If you dream while you are asleep, it hardly seems like the extra sleep you require is a disadvantage," said Tyback.
A/N:
Tyback appears in Chapter 4 of "How the Mighty" and in Descartes Ch: 62 of Descartes (Very end...Really comes into play in Chapter 64). He is a most unusual Vulcan.
