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Earth date, January 2265 – S'chn T'gai compound, New Vulcan
T'Pau wondered if she was making the right decision. Perhaps as kinsman Selek stated, desperate times did indeed call for desperate measures. It had been five months and three days since her eldest son had instructed a matchmaker select him a potential bondmate, her efforts were not successful. Not that they could not find a match for a son from the line of Surak. Despite eligible, unbonded woman being a smaller group than their fellow Vulcan males, there were no shortage of women who were honoured to be selected as a potential mate for Sarek. However Sarek had turned down every single one. He had accepted that due to his position the Vulcan people would not look kindly to his selection of another human female, even though they were on the official list of 'Acceptable offworld partners for unbonded males.'
The public had understood that his son Commander Spock's bondmate be human since he was also part human but what was acceptable for the son was not considered acceptable for the father. Sarek had considered the choices either too young, too old, too provincial, too logical, (T'Pau wondered how a Vulcan could be too logical?), too ambitious (as in more interested in his lineage), too xenophobic, (one female made the mistake of asking about his 'experimental relationship' with the Lady Amanda). They were just too 'not Amanda,' not that Sarek used those words but this was the implication.
There was another option that T'Pau had not considered, until now. This clan had no shortage of females, however under normal circumstances their philosophical views would not be considered compatible for the House of S'chn T'gai. But as all of Vulcan had to accept, times had drastically changed. Everyone had to work together and learn the art of compromise for the good of the whl'q'n.
She sat in front of the communications console. The decision might not seem logical to some but she well knew logic could be used to justify any decision that one needed to make.
"Contact T'Anna, clan matriarch of the K'st Kau"
Author's Notes
Sorry for the delay got distracted with life and other short Star Trek stories, I was a bit stuck with the plot for this tale. I read the IDW comic 'Vulcan's revenge' and was wondering whether to stick to the 'mad with grief' portrayal of Sarek in the comics. I decided it is too ooc to use in my universe.
whl'q'n – the name of the Vulcan people for themselves
T'Anna and the K'st Kau clan are introduced in 'Looking for ashau in all the wrong places' chapters 14, 16, 21 & 31 (shameless plug lol)
