Baby Book - Phase Three
Chapter Thirty-eight - I Need New Lessons
Early June, 2274
Amanda was insistent. Grayson thought they ought to wait, Baba was working on something. But Amanda would not give up. Eventually Grayson gave in and they went into the other room, standing at the edge of the desk until their father came to a logical stopping point and turned his attention to them.
"Baba, we are ready for new lessons. We have finished the last ones that you gave to us." She proffered her PADD in evidence.
Spock quirked up the corners of his mouth. "You finished those lessons several days ago, did you not?"
Grayson looked at Amanda, who glared at him. She had been correct. They should have come sooner. "Baba, it is my fault. I told Amanda that you had a project you were working on and that we should not bother you." He held up his own PADD.
Spock took both PADDs. "You are both correct. I have been working on a project. However, as that project concerns both of you, you should have come to me as soon as you completed your previous lessons."
Now the children were confused. How could they be both right and wrong at the same time.
Spock pulled the chips from their PADDS and inserted them in his desk com. He read the statistics displayed for him. "You have both done extremely well. I am pleased with you. Your mother will be pleased as well. Now it time for your new lessons." He placed a new data chip in Amanda's PADD. "Amanda, your next lesson is of your mother's choosing. You will study writing this time. You will learn how to compose sentences and paragraphs. I believe you will find this interesting." He handed the PADD to her and she took it, not sure what to say. She turned and headed for the playroom, trying to decide why her mother had chosen this topic for her.
Now Spock picked up Grayson's PADD and inserted a new data chip into it, then handed it to his son. "Grayson, your topic this time is to study the digestive system of animals. You will start with Terran animals, and then study those that remain of the Vulcan system - ones which were preserved in zoos and other locations, so that they have been introduced into the New Vulcan habitat. After that, there are a few from other planets which are distinctive in some manner. I believe you will also find this interesting."
Grayson's eyes lit up and his mouth curved in a smile. "Oh, thank you, Baba!" he practically ran out of the room, eager to start.
Nyota looked up from her position on the couch. "She didn't understand, did she?"
"No, but I am sure that she will before long. Clear and correct phasing of commands so that they are understood properly is a very important skill, and one which she will be in great need of in the future." His lips quirked up as he looked at his wife, knowing as well as she did what lay in the future for their daughter.