Then, she approached her desk. Her tactical station had been fixed so well, if she hadn't seen the destruction with her own eyes, she would have never known. Atop her console, neatly folded, was the white sheet she had placed over it. Her 'Room Service Requested' sign had been removed. Instead, a small, white plate sat on top of the folded sheet. On the plate was a small, round mint. She had been one-upped by the repair crew. T'Nia pursed her lips to keep from smiling. Humor was such a human characteristic. Initially, she had been hesitant to embrace it. As she discovered, mostly through her Academy days, there was a sense of satisfaction when a joke was successfully executed. Humor required an in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, a quick wit, and excellent timing. In the end, T'Nia had concluded that 'intelligent' humor was perfectly acceptable and logical.
Regretfully, that was one of several conclusions her betrothed disagreed on. She decided to keep her communications with Sekir to herself for now. Eventually, once everyone had settled in, she would definately talk to Stephen about them. It was obvious that Sekir had come to the conclusion that she had been spending entirely too much time away from her own kind and it had been corrupting her. Such words had never actually come from him, but it was obvious in the things he was, and wasn't, saying. His last two communications had been almost emphatic that she return to Vulcan for a time so they could 're-acquaint' themselves.
The time she spent at the Vulcan Embassy in Arizona, however, went a long way to discourage her from spending an extended period of time on Vulcan. The counter person, as well as the other visitors were logical, informative, and disconnected... Vulcan. She found herself looking for reasons to go out into the city, however, to interact with humans. They seemed so much more alive. For humans, passion and emotion were their driving force. From her studies, it was their passion that took them from being several decades behind Vulcans in technology to being the quadrant leaders in technology in less than two centuries. T'Nia was satisfied being the voice of logic and reason in a human environment. She hoped her husband-to-be would eventually understand that.
