After the Fall
Chapter 1: Before...
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On the day Soleta was reasonably sure she was going to die, she found herself both surprised and not surprised to see Ambassador Spock standing at the far end of her cell.
Every joint, every muscle, every synapse in her body seemed inflamed with pain, and yet she still managed to sit up. She wanted to stand, to look properly formal as the occasion might call for. Try as she might, however, she was unable to gather the strength to do so. So she settled for sitting on the dank floor and simply staring at the tall, lean Vulcan. He, in turn, stared at her. No words passed between them for a good long time.
It was Soleta who finally broke the silence. "Well?" she inquired. "Aren't you going to say it?"
He cocked an eyebrow as she knew he would. "What am I expected to say?"
"I believe the appropriate phrase would be, 'How the mighty have fallen.'"
He pondered that for a moment, and then informed her, "That would not be logical."
"Why not?"
"You were never particularly mighty."
"No," and she slumped her head back against the cell wall. "No, I guess I wasn't."
They ... read full excerpt from: Star Trek: New Frontier: After the Fall ebook
