Now that Commander Phil was in the quarantine chamber with Celia Ward, in the monitor room, Lieutenant Chord eagerly watched the readouts coming from both of the biotelemetry devices.  Chord saw that Phil's signs were stable, with some elevated excitement in the heart-rate, but his respiration was steady and smooth.  Celia Ward's readings were close enough to what her mood appeared to be that he imagined all was well with her, perhaps the encounter was also exciting to her, but he could not tell if any of it was sexual excitement.<br/><br/>There was a bit more of a noticeable time lag in the communications between Phil and Celia.  It seemed that Celia had something of an analytical mind.  'Fascinating' as Mr. Spock might have said in a similar situation.  He did his best to remain calm and pleasant, but the touches of her hands upon his hands were welcome and exciting.  Then Celia asked to see his wings extended and if the Alatum had powered flight or if the wings were for gliding.<br/><br/>"We do fly, Celia Ward," Phil answered as he unfolded and extended his left wing, "However, space on our ship is rather limiting.  Maybe, if we find nothing harmful in the Earth's atmosphere, perhaps I would, here...."  Phil noticed that Celia Ward seemed hesitant to touch his wings, but he wanted her to be comfortable with touching him all over.  It was perverse to science, but it was also vital to the scientific mission in progress.  "You may touch my wings as you examine them, Celia Ward."<br/><br/>As the human began her closer examination, Phil began to feel excited, in his kilt, and it registered on his telemetry.<br/><br/>"Commander, uh, Phil, your vitals are a little, ah, um, excited," said Chord.<br/><br/>"Thank you, Chord.  I'm aware of it," answered Phil.  He was very aware.  Then he said, "Begin the next stage of the encounter experiment."<br/><br/>Chord dutifully began the playing of the audio recording at a very low volume and slowly brought it up so that the soft music could be heard but would present no difficulty in speaking and hearing in a conversation.  What might the effect be?  It was a longshot, but they hoped that it would be positive....<br/><br/><div class="bbMediaWrapper">
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