Dear Ambassador Soval,

I'm writing in hopes of clearing up any confusion that may have resulted from the cross-species gift-exchange during your recent visit to Enterprise.

First, I'd like to say that we were honored to host not only you, but all of the delegates of the new Coalition aboard this vessel that represents more than anything our common goal of peaceful cooperation between species. And we were especially honored that our own Sub-Commander T'Pol was selected to be an honorary member of your Vulcan delegation to the other species while aboard.

I know you are aware she bore that honor agreeably.

And I know that, by now, you must also be aware of the possibility of a relationship that myself and Sub-Commander T'Pol have begun to explore.

In the spirit of the gift-exchange, and in light of the fact that all other members of the Vulcan delegation had already received gifts, I took it upon myself to present something to the Sub-Commander as an honorary member of your delegation.

Unfortunately, my duties in engineering made it impossible for me to present the gift to her personally during the exchange. As such, I placed the hand-written voucher for said gift in an envelope, and entrusted it to our doctor to deliver it to her at the proper time during the ceremony.

In hindsight, I suppose I should have been clearer than, 'Please give this to our illustrious delegate from Vulcan.'

Or perhaps he simply has yet to fully grasp the contextual nature of human communication. I don't know.

In any case, I did not in any way mean to make you uncomfortable, and I hope that in time, we can look back on this with humor.

In the mean time, rest assured, Ambassador. I do not now, nor do I ever intend to give you an erotic neuro-pressure massage.

Yours agreeably,

Charles Tucker III