Posted Jan. 2, 2019, 1:40 p.m. by Cadet Kanto (Scientist) (Curtiss Schofield)
The pain in his chest was subtle, so faint that he barely noticed it. It only started when he was remembering how he left things with T’Lyr.
She was stoic in her resolve as she watched him board the shuttle to Starfleet Academy on Earth. His father refused to even show up for his departure. That was slightly distressing to Kanto, as he admired his father above all others. If only his mother could have been here. Unfortunately, she had long ago left for Romulus to take part in Ambassador Spock’s reunification efforts. He was not sure if she was even alive at this point. As he gave the Vulcan salute to T’Lyr, his thoughts were now of his parents and he almost asked the pilot to disengage so that he could return to his betrothed. He did not, of course, for that is not the Vulcan way. He watched T’Lyr through the viewport until she became a speck on the horizon. Now he could only look forward, to Starfleet…
He arrived at Sickbay feeling much more pain than before, and as he walked through the door, even the nurse immediately came to his side and asked, “Are you alright?”
“I am fine,” Kanto replied in a curt manner. “I am here for my physical – I mean.” He straightened his chest and regained his resolve. “Cadet Kanto reporting for boarding physical.”
Internally, he cursed himself. Why am I letting this pain get the better of me? I am a Vulcan, and Vulcans do not act this way! He almost let a smile escape his lips as he remembered his father, and how he was starting to sound like him.
Cadet Kanto
Science Officer
USS Endeavour
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