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An excerpt from Peripatetica, by M. K. Sebastien, Engr. ret. <br><br><br> | An excerpt from Peripatetica, by M. K. Sebastien, Engr. ret. <br><br><br> | ||
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I heard Mike ask the question and I knew what he’d meant by it. Two nights ago Nika had warned me the situation wasn’t black and white and two days ago I’d promised Mike an explanation. And now, with two days of Christian and Lem in front of him, he still hadn’t said a word. I’d dithered long enough. <br> | I heard Mike ask the question and I knew what he’d meant by it. Two nights ago Nika had warned me the situation wasn’t black and white and two days ago I’d promised Mike an explanation. And now, with two days of Christian and Lem in front of him, he still hadn’t said a word. I’d dithered long enough. <br> | ||
“I owe you an explanation about Christian,” I began.<br> | “I owe you an explanation about Christian,” I began.<br> | ||
| − | “No you don’t,” he said evenly. “I can see the situation | + | “No you don’t,” he said evenly. “I can see the situation just fine.”<br> |
“Oh, really?” I countered, stung.<br> | “Oh, really?” I countered, stung.<br> | ||
“Just answer me one thing.”<br> | “Just answer me one thing.”<br> | ||
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“That’s it?”<br> | “That’s it?”<br> | ||
“Yeah. What were you expecting?”<br> | “Yeah. What were you expecting?”<br> | ||
| − | “Oh, I don’t know,” I said, throwing my hands wide. “A fight?”<br> | + | “Oh, I don’t know,” I said, throwing my hands wide. “A ''fight''?”<br> |
“Why?”<br> | “Why?”<br> | ||
| − | | + | “''Because''.”<br> |
“Come here, you.”<br> | “Come here, you.”<br> | ||
| − | Everything I’d planned to say to him no longer mattered, made irrelevant by male logic. Nika had the right of it. Not black and white at all, but far simpler than I expected. <br> | + | Everything I’d planned to say to him no longer mattered, made irrelevant by male logic. Nika had the right of it. Not black and white at all, but far simpler than I expected. <br><br><br><br> |
| − | <span style="color:#800000">''' '' | + | <span style="color:#800000">'''''To read more about what the crew is doing this season, use the Timeline links below.'''''</span><br> |
| − | '''Go Back to ''[[Epiphany]]'' ''' | | + | '''Go Back to ''[[Epiphany]]'' ''' | '''Go to ''[[Wake]]'' '''<br> |
| − | '''Go to ''[[ | + | '''Go to ''[[Peripatetica - Rina's Journal entry and RP log]]'''''<br> |
| − | '''Go to ''[[Peripatetica - | + | '''Go to ''[[Rina's Russian Glossary]]'''''<br> |
| − | '''Go to ''[[ | ||
'''Go to''' [[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | '''Rina's Crew Page''']] <br> | '''Go to''' [[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | '''Rina's Crew Page''']] <br> | ||
'''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]''' | '''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]''' | ||
Latest revision as of 00:35, 27 December 2010
(Input from Ken and a male friend of Terri's helped me nail it. Thanks, guys!--Maer)
An excerpt from Peripatetica, by M. K. Sebastien, Engr. ret.
Monday, 17 Jun 2520
Mike’s Cabin
Fristonweald Range, Salisbury
Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) system
13:05 hrs, local time
“You okay?”
I heard Mike ask the question and I knew what he’d meant by it. Two nights ago Nika had warned me the situation wasn’t black and white and two days ago I’d promised Mike an explanation. And now, with two days of Christian and Lem in front of him, he still hadn’t said a word. I’d dithered long enough.
“I owe you an explanation about Christian,” I began.
“No you don’t,” he said evenly. “I can see the situation just fine.”
“Oh, really?” I countered, stung.
“Just answer me one thing.”
“What?”
“You still sleeping with him?”
“No.”
“Is it over?”
“Yes.”
“All right, then.”
“That’s it?”
“Yeah. What were you expecting?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” I said, throwing my hands wide. “A fight?”
“Why?”
“Because.”
“Come here, you.”
Everything I’d planned to say to him no longer mattered, made irrelevant by male logic. Nika had the right of it. Not black and white at all, but far simpler than I expected.
To read more about what the crew is doing this season, use the Timeline links below.
Go Back to Epiphany | Go to Wake
Go to Peripatetica - Rina's Journal entry and RP log
Go to Rina's Russian Glossary
Go to Rina's Crew Page
Go to EPISODES or TIMELINE
