Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers by Melinda Snodgrass

Author:Melinda Snodgrass
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Star Trek, Fiction
ISBN: 9780671696542
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1984-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

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The Tears of the Singers

"And he really isn't going to be happy when he hears about this.99

"You must have some idea how this happens. After all, you made the

connection between the cubs' song and the fish."

"I have ideas, but none of them makes any sense. If only the great song

weren't so ragged. It's like trying to learn a language when only half the

words and none of the grammar are available. " He stared silently out at

the ocean for several minutes, then nodded. "But this is going to help. At

least now I have a direct action that flows out of a song. I'll just start

cross checking to see if any of the phrases and passages in this song

reoccur in others."

"Do you want to start back down?"

Mashn peered over the ledge and shivered. "We climbed that?" he said,

pointing down the cliff.

"'Fraid so. It did look easier coming up, didn't it?"

"Do you suppose if we sit here long enough the action of wind and weather

will lower this cliff by two or three hundred feet?"

Uhura chuckled and reached out for his hand. "We could always call the ship

and have them beam us back to camp."

"Maybe that's how the Taygetians get the fish up here, they have

transporters hidden beneath the crust of the planet."

"You've been reading too much fantasy. Our sensors would have picked up

that kind of activity."

"Must you always be so literal," he complained, sliding over to her, and

lying back with his head in her lap.

"It's in my job description," she said, softly running her fingers through

his heavy hair.

"What would it take to give you a new job description?"

"I don't know. How much clout do you have with Star Fleet?"

"Not near enough, I'm sure." He paused, and picked up her free hand,

twining her fingers through his. "So maybe we ought to find you a new

position outside of Star Fleet."

An aching lump seemed to settle into the pit of her

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