Monday, April 4, 2011

SMILE


//Smile. Damned tight collar. Damned reception line. //

“Please to meet you.” //Shake hands don’t flinch. Gorn hands hard as horn. //


“Glad y’all could make it.” //Bow; just enough to show deference. Tellarites are sticklers for protocol. My feet are killing me! Smile. //

//The Argelian ambassador and her husband. / “A drink? Maybe later. ” //I’m parched. Later, Len, yeah, later.


//Look who just rolled in, the ambassador from Terra IV. Is she wearing her suite’s curtains? // “You look lovely. Is that new?” //Kiss hand. Smile. //

Spock shoots me an eyebrow.


//Ah, the life of a diplomat’s spouse.//



FIN

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