Strange New Worlds 8 (c) by Star Trek
Author:Star Trek [Star Trek]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2011-02-06T10:07:11.605000+00:00
âYou knew all this timeâ¦â
âGuilty.â
âWhy didnât you tell me?â
âWould you have believed me?â
âNo.â Kira wrinkled her already wrinkly nose, and laughed. âNot until recently, anyway.â
âThatâs what I thought.â Odo sighed. âShe asked me not to tell anyone, of course. More like swore me to secrecy. So Iâd come here every year, to help her give these poor children some brief moments of happiness, and we were just Odo and Adami. If not friends, then allies with a common cause. The rest of the year, when our paths crossed, constable and kai made no acknowledgment that we shared a secret.â
âWhat do you think it means?â
âMeans? Nerys, Iâd be as likely to unravel the mysteries of the Celestial Temple as to ever understand that woman. Though I knew a side of her that few saw, I also knew the ugly, self-serving creature who schemed and manipulated everyone and everything that got in the way of her voracious ambition. Which was the real person? Both. Of that much Iâm certain. She was to be admiredâ¦and pitied. A bittersweet legacy, at best.â
âDonât forget that itâs because of her that you were able to convince some of your people to come this time.â Kira shook her head slightly, remembering the gentle animals the children had so enjoyed.
âYes. There is that.â
His already snug embrace tightened just a little more. They had talked and talked, and then joined together into the shimmering unity that was like nothing either could ever experience apart. Night had fallen upon them, but their own light had been all they needed.
Now they sat quietly talking by moonlight. Each moment was a treasure. A gift. Soon it would be over, but for now it seemed as if there would never be enough words.
âI made the right choice, Nerys.â
âI know.â It came out as a mere breath.
âThat doesnât mean there are no regrets.â
âI know that too.â She thought for a moment. âQuark was right.â
He pressed the back of a hand to her forehead. âFunny, you donât feel feverish.â
âIâm not, even if admitting that does make my head feel as if itâs going to explode.â
âI can imagine.â Odo chuckled, his hand slipping downward to caress her features. âWhat was he right about?â
âHe said thereâs always a price. Something about the Rules of Acquisition.â
âItâs always about the Rules of Acquisition with a Ferengi.â
âYes, but he was right, which is a scary thought. It was almost profound, for him. On the surface he was talking about business, but he also said I should know better than most.â
Odo made that growling grunt of a noise he seemed to reserve solely for Quark. âSounds like you had quite a conversation.â
âNot really. He was just giving me a hard time about getting in to see Vic.â
âVic?â
âSo I could find out what he wanted. Turned out all heâd do was give me these coordinates, hand me a picnic basket, and pretty much beg me to come here.â
âVic?â
âYes, Vic. Youâre repeating yourself, Odo. Thatâs not like you.â
âPerhaps not, but itâs very like Quark to weasel out of the only favor Iâve ever asked of him.
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