"I'll try to round up Chris, and he and I can have a long-delayed father/son talk." He wondered what Chris would say when he found out that his newest... score was his own twin sister."Before you go," Don interjected, "I want you to know that you can count on me for anything. Maybe, after the kids know the truth, we can all get together and laugh about this. It's funny, Gwen. For years I've wondered what would happen if the two of us should meet by accident and just look-scarcely one harsh word. ’ ‘Of course Darling, no problem. Just bring her over and I’ll start setting things up.’ Putting down the phone, he got up and left his office and walked into the main reception area, to watch as the equipment that was being loaded up for the new video shoot this week. The video was to be used at a client’s conference later in the year, and was being piled up ready to be loaded in the van and taken to the site of the shoot. Bill, his lighting man, looked up from where he knelt, a big silver. Her leaving was met by tears as they told her that she had been promised in marriage to Henri, a teacher in nearby Lyon who would look after her in the future when they had all left Paris. "Please come soon" she cried to her parents as she left.Avrile would have to travel alone as all the servants had left to join their own families. She managed to get out the city gates with a small trunk. She felt alone in the world, traveled in disguise, without servants, without her family. Her father had. So common is this failing, thateven we Vulcans have learned to tolerate sexual peculiarities inyour species." Don't give me that holier-than-thou nonsense," snapped Kirk."I've seen you in the throes of Pon Farr."Spock lowered his voice to a whisper, "My point exactly. Even themost disciplined Vulcans remain susceptible to sexual urges onceevery seven years. How can you expect a young, undisciplinedhuman crewman to fully suppress his sexuality, however unusualyou may find its expression?" I let.
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