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Etc.: Well, apparently, I've gone insane and decided to put up the rest of 'Side Step' at once. Thanks to the people reading this and what not. Cheers.

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Side Step

vi: emotional capacity

Humans.

You don't understand them.

[weren't you one once?]

They have theories that your people have proven aren't true. They think that time travel is possible.

[isn't it? what do you call this?]

Humans.

[you?]

They're ridiculous creatures. They smell and have pets and are primitive to your superior culture. You raise an eyebrow. They even have emotions.

[don't you have emotions?]

Your people

[their people]

were once like the humans. You people had short fuses and were violent and dangerous and primitive and had emotions. Your people worked to change yourselves, to become superior. Your people left emotions behind and became who you are today.

[do you want to be like this?]

It's bad enough you're on a ship with them. Humans need to change.

"Sub-Commander Reed?"

[is that you?]

You wish you were back on Vulcan, away from these.........creatures, these humans.

"Sub-Commander?"

They've interrupted your meditation.

[you think the time line has changed again. it must have]

A little bit of you wishes you could be angry at them. You go to the door and open it. You raise an eyebrow because you don't know how to be angry.

[anger—is that an emotion?]