[It's a weird twist of irony that Orions blush red, despite having green blood. Like, how is that even possible? Green and red make brown, so shouldn't it be--
... not the point.
What is the point, here, is that Tendi is surprised enough to say some truly stupid things. She's saved the mortifying thought of responding "you're excused" to Spock, but only because Jim is so much more forthright and...well, chatty, and doesn't that make sense? Everyone knows he's a--]
New? Are you kidding? I thought everyone knew about tha-- [She manages to clamp a hand over her mouth seconds too late to stop herself from outing that truly stupid response. I mean, it's true though, everyone knows that Captain Kirk and Mister Spock had something special, something unique, a bond that transcended description.
(She will neither confirm nor deny her involvement in beta-reading several fanfictions put together by friends at the Academy.)
(Said fanfictions are stuck firmly in the front of her mind right now.)
(This is really unfortunate.)
Come on, Tendi, there's gotta be a way to salvage this. Focus!]
... I mean. I. [... ... ... no, there's not really another way to salvage this, is there? She grimaces, and then resignation works its way into her expression.] ... I haven't been honest with you. The truth is, I'm from Starfleet, just like both of you. Just...not the same time. I'm from your future. Like, way in the future. Over a century in the future. Everything that you've done on the Enterprise -- and not done yet, I guess, it's all in the history books, in my time. Stuff we study at the Academy now.
[... Okay, she's rambling, a bit. But she stops there, and that grimace has not left her expression the whole time she was talking, but she's also weirdly...relieved? Like she doesn't have a giant secret to keep anymore. Phew.]
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... not the point.
What is the point, here, is that Tendi is surprised enough to say some truly stupid things. She's saved the mortifying thought of responding "you're excused" to Spock, but only because Jim is so much more forthright and...well, chatty, and doesn't that make sense? Everyone knows he's a--]
New? Are you kidding? I thought everyone knew about tha-- [She manages to clamp a hand over her mouth seconds too late to stop herself from outing that truly stupid response. I mean, it's true though, everyone knows that Captain Kirk and Mister Spock had something special, something unique, a bond that transcended description.
(She will neither confirm nor deny her involvement in beta-reading several fanfictions put together by friends at the Academy.)
(Said fanfictions are stuck firmly in the front of her mind right now.)
(This is really unfortunate.)
Come on, Tendi, there's gotta be a way to salvage this. Focus!]
... I mean. I. [... ... ... no, there's not really another way to salvage this, is there? She grimaces, and then resignation works its way into her expression.] ... I haven't been honest with you. The truth is, I'm from Starfleet, just like both of you. Just...not the same time. I'm from your future. Like, way in the future. Over a century in the future. Everything that you've done on the Enterprise -- and not done yet, I guess, it's all in the history books, in my time. Stuff we study at the Academy now.
[... Okay, she's rambling, a bit. But she stops there, and that grimace has not left her expression the whole time she was talking, but she's also weirdly...relieved? Like she doesn't have a giant secret to keep anymore. Phew.]