<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Avalona grasped Karn's extended wrist giving him the strong firm grip she knew he would be expecting from her, "I myself have just finished up a 5 year tour on the USS Jarre where I was promoted to Transporter Chief.  I know its just trading one science vessel for another but I actually learned a lot on my last assignment.  We had to develop brand new technology just so that we could beam aboard 30 new sentient beings.  15 of which have joined the Federation while the other 15 are still in negotiations.  Not to mention all the lower forms of life that we had to build special environments for just to be able to study them on board the ship."<br/><br/>"I know I really shouldn't hold you up from getting to your station so maybe once the ship is under way we can maybe get together for dinner some night.  And see if your friend there still remembers me."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/>Avalona grasped his wrist firmly. He smiled a genuine smile, something of which was rare, she remembered how to deal with him. He didn't know why he was happy about that. Maybe it was just a relief that someone else was as familiar with some of the 'social niceties" that he himself had grown up with. Maybe it was something more. He didn't know or care at the moment. She told him a little of what she had been up to since they had last met and offered to catch up some other time that was more suitable for such occasions.  He didn't even think about his response or what it may have unintentionally told her. He released her wrist "That would be nice. I would like that. Though I am sure that Gurk remembers you, he is not growling after all, and he has a long memory besides. I have mainly been at the Academy these past five years" he said, barely contained rage, and maybe a little embarrassment, evident in his voice.<br/><br/>"Your human<em>professors</em>did not deem me worthy of joining the crew of a Star Ship unless I went through their various classes on<em>conduct</em>and<em>tact</em>with the assistance of a Counselor. They thought I would be too much trouble to work well with a large crew. So, they put me in pathetically small ships, not fit to wipe the backside of a Klingon 'war bird' as you call them, with even smaller crews in the hopes that after a few years I would begin to<em>'tame'</em>as we patrolled this system" he said emphasizing various words with annoyance. He knew she would get a kick out of the story for some odd reason. He didn't see what was so funny about these things.<br/><br/>Knowing that she would soon be laughing at him, he turned around, stepping onto the Transporter Pad "Energize...please" he said gritting his teeth as he said the word 'please'.<em>Human niceties. Pah! If it didn't get me in so much trouble with these ape's I wouldn't bother at all with these...niceties</em>he thought as he waited for Avalona to work the controls on her console.