She knew not where those reserves of valor came from. Her father died, years ago, when she was a little girl, in Viet Nam, or was it Cambodia? She was...too young to remember him, but was told he was killed while attacking an enemy machine gun position. He would be proud of her, advancing on the chubby girl who waited for her at the wall.Lila's mother had a phrase she often repeated when faced with a daunting task: "One step at a time."Lila kept repeating this to herself as she approached. I was now sprinting down previously unseen corridors; chasing this incredible feeling to wherever it took me. I spent many ecstatic nights with Tom in his apartment. Trying as many different things as possible. He was just as happy to take me on this erotic journey as I was to follow him. My desire was like a burning fire, spreading and getting more intense as time went by. One particular evening that sticks out in my mind as the most exciting started with just me. Letting myself into. That should tell you something." I've never heard T'Pol address her as anything but 'Ensign Sato', though." The news of Hoshi and T'Pol being such close friends had evidently come as a surprise."That's because she doesn't – not in public anyway. Hoshi told me she does so in private, but apparently even that took quite some convincin'." Have you noticed how much T'Pol's changed lately? Sometimes I think she's almost trying to become human, like cracking that joke in sickbay for instance."Trip. I stood back and watched the blinking lights on one of the racks,noticing that Katie was looking at the control console Bill had beentouching earlier. There was some kind of dial that she started playingwith, turning it left and right. I just shrugged and went over with myparents.Judy asked, "And why exactly are there five chairs?" She gave Bill asuspicious look.Bill sighed. "I'm afraid that's why I asked you all over. I needed totest the thought projector, and I needed some people that I can.