<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/32/OdedFehr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Commander Kar'tak Timor Vanzell, First Officer (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Kar%27tak_Timor_Vanzell)<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Captain's Quarters<br/><br/><strong>Time:</strong>Late evening<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Captain Lyra Core, Closed<br/><hr/><div style="text-align: justify;">"I am very straight-forward and direct, yes. I had calculated that you would appreciate that the most," he admitted. "The discussion was my reason for this visit, or at least, a major part of it. I had deducted that if you saw me beat around the bush, so to speak, before getting to the real reason for my visit, you might take offense or think me cowardly," he said. "And I assure you - I am most certainly not."<br/><br/>"This approach is... well... not truly 'normal' to klingons or bajorans, no. For klingons, mating rituals are usually very... physical, especially in the initial phases. Sometimes there is fighting, wrestling, breaking and throwing things. I had deducted that you would probably -prefer- to avoid all of that," he said, a faint hint of a smile on his lips. "For bajorans, there is often a spiritual or religious connection involved with the art of love-making. Many bajorans still steep the event in ritual and celebration. Again, I deduced that you would not find much enjoyment in such a thing."<br/><br/>"No, instead... I decided to approach you in the vulcan way - with logic and certified arguments, data in hand to support my position. Yes, I realize you are also half-human, but your general appearance before us all is that you -seem- to favor your vulcan side, hence... I tried to approach you in that manner so as to present you the proposal in the way that you might most likely appreciate... and accept," he confessed.<br/><br/>It had been a long, calculated risk. He hadn't thought of this yesterday, having been attracted to her the first day he was onboard. It was only over the past two months of his slowly growing aching -want- for her that he decided to act, just in the past week, and then conducted his research in his spare time to find data to support his proposition.<br/><br/>She was drinking some of the port now, at least. Perhaps that was a sign she was 'calmer' now? Or was she simply learning all the details she would need to conduct his court-martial? He was prepared for that, as well, should she decide to take the harshest route against him.<br/><br/>"If you have questions or thoughts about the proposition, I'd be more than happy to entertain them, Captain," he said, hoping that getting her to talk about it more might help her to decide to actually consider it...</div>