Title: Splitting Infinitives

Author: nostalgia

Rated: PG

Summary: Hoshi and the joys of translation.

The Usual: Feedback lovely, Archiving also lovely.


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"I can't...this is like nothing I've seen before, Captain, I really don't think I can translate this."

"Hoshi, they were pretty insistent about sending us that message. We need it translated. I trust your ability to do that."

He did the 'sincere' look at her. Bastard, she thought.

So she replaced sleep with syntax; and two days later she stood before him with an English translation. She swayed a little, and her eyes were red.

Hoshi cleared her throat, started to read from her notes; "Simply by passing this message on to five people, you can enter our free prize draw..."

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