Chapter Thirty-five
The Desert Saga
The males that had traveled on Si'len's ship would be housed in the basement, dormitory style, like The Survivors who had gone on to An'rak Tix'oi. Each new resident was assigned a bed, storage facility and a com unit, programed to educate them about their history, peoples' accomplishments, present-day political affiliation,language, advancement on New Vulcan since Va Pak, The Immeasurable Loss.
Lo'vak, Spock, Sirin and Sarek would all return to their role as educators. This group of Vulcans, like Si'len and Lo'vaak, had never set foot on Vulcan. As a matter of fact, going back in their history would reveal no records of any contact with the mother planet in any of their cases. These were not the disciplined group that had been previoualy housed at The Embassy. These did not possess the chiseled lined-up formation or even the neat appearance that had so earmarked the first group. Instead, there was a hesitant coming to attention and a non-display of acceptable posturing that had, with the previous group had greeted the hosts.
Sarek spoke,
"I am Sarek, son of Skon, son of Solkan, of the house of Surek. My son, Spock, stands next to me and the son of my brother, Sirin next to him, our t'hai'la (blood brother) Lo'vaak is last in line. We welcome you and desire that you ask us questions. All of us will be prepared to assist you. We will eventually talk to each one of you individually, your family history and biological information will be gathered and compared with the information we have already cataloged from the other survivors. The Vulcan settlement here on Terra will be your ultimate destination. By collecting information about your family, clan and house we will attempt to locate any other survivors who are your blood relative
A hand was raised, and a young, very tall handsome male was acknowledged,
"Osu Sarek, my name is Ko'lak. we twenty and two before you lay claim to no lineal history. We were transported, as children, to Vitos, the planet where we were housed with other species who were likewise without family."
This was indeed an unexpected revelation. Spock wondered, what event, could have decimated adult populations of an unknown planet and left the children unharmed? This matter would also require a great deal of research.
Sarek inquired,
"Do you have any recollection of family ties?"
The answer was a unified nirish! (No!)
So it appeared these Vulcans had never experienced k'war'ma'khon, the vibration of the family bond. Apparently these males had no telepathic gifts, no finger, or bare skin sensitivities. These were Vulcan, who through no fault of their own were indeed, V'tosh ka'tur (Vulcans without logic), the equivalent to their anchestors prior to the enlightenment, but apparently without a violent streak. Extensive tests would have to be administered to determine their suitability to resettlement. The Survivors would have to be advised of this new situation and their input would be desirable. After all, at least twenty-two of them would have to meld with these newly rescued one so they could serve as substitute family members through which could flow the k'war'ma'khon. Indeed, this would be a big responsibility. After testing, latent talents, abilities and gifts would be identified and a complimentary sibling or father figure would have to be agreeable to such a responsibility. The question that kept niggling Spock was, 'How does one teach a Vulcan logic?'
Spock now requested that they line up in an orderly fashion, by height. As he went down the line he requested each one's age. There seemed to be a hesitancy, they were not sure of that fact. Spock then asked had they experienced Pon Farr? None of these had any idea of what as being referred to. Since all appeared to be over the age of twenty-one, Spock's one word summation of these revelations was,
"Fascinating."
Spock excused himself from the group and went to speak to Si'len so he could identify the exact location of the planet that had served as home to this group before the group's presence on his ship. It appeared that a large group of the inhabitants of that planet were the equivalent of slaves. Who had enslaved them and how did Si'len manage to remove them from that planet. After Spock's securing this information the group would have to be introduced to the healers and herbalist for evaluation with the aim to determine if the lack of exposure to Vulcan's natural rhythms could have prevented the appearance of Pon Farr in their DNA. Tests would have to be run and perhaps along with what the herbalist had already documented that could work out to be a true gift to all Vulcan males.
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Lo'vaak, Sirin and Si'len, as healers and Ka'nu, the herbalist, who had been brought to San Francisco by the fastest transport possible, sat with the others in Sarek's office and listened very carefully to the information that had already been gleaned from the newest male arrivals. All waited patiently for some input from the older healer in their group. There was no doubt in any of their mind of the need for these survivors to bond with the intent of securing a sibling or father figure relationship to form the familiar bond. Their brains' ability to accept such a relationship would have to be explored. Of course a human would have suggested a brain scan, but a Vulcan mind meld would be far more revealing as to brain wave patterns and any hidden abilities that had lain dormant in these individual males.
Spock was unable to calculate the amount time that each individuals' interview, mind meld, physical examination, and any additional care necessary would take. It certainly could not be determined before the time of the initial interview. So, there was no way to attempt to determine how many hours or even days would be involved in the securing of all the necessary data. Because of Sirin, Lo'vaak and Spock work schedules, it appeared that these studies would have to conducted after their individual work hours. Si'len would be most capable of conducting these interviews on his own and documenting all such information for the others' perusal at a later time. The interviews would start that very hour.
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Meanwhile, back at Spock's home, Christine and Nyota continued to compared notes in regard to their pregnancies. Nyota's girl and Christine's boy would be born very close together. Fortunately, Nyota did not have the tremendous weight gain that so plagued her girlfriend They were seated out in the garden when Rachel came through the gate.
She inquired,
"Did you hear that the latest group of survivors have no talent for telepathic gifts, or logic. They are more like humans without our DNA. This should prove to be most interesting. Sirin sent they will begin testing them this evening so don't expect any of our men home at a reasonable hour. As a second thought she said,
"Let's go to Wong's."
The group needed no further encouragement.