Lunch-Monday

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Guud murneeng stoodents! Zee secund veek ooff schuul. Nut es ixceeting es zee furst yet yuoo steell dun't vunt tu feke-a seeck yet.

Tudey's Menoo:

-Ceeser Seled

-Fetteecini Elffredu

-Breed Steecks

-Cheeckee Nuudle-a Suoop

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[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi came down for lunch, got a bit of everything and sat down feeling rather relieved that it was her second week of classes.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I keep hearing warnings about the cafeteria food, but it seems all right to me so far."

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi smiled, "I grew up on this style of food, so I'm used to it ... my uncle was the self appointed ship's cook on Voyager and let's just say he was rather creative when it came to cooking,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"What's it like? Traveling, or, hell, living, in space?"

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"It was cool," Naomi responded, "from a childhood's perspective I mean you got to see space battles and anamolies all the time, now looking back on it it was a chance to see different species, discover uncharted territory ... be a part of a unique experience. I guess those things are guaranteed when you live on a space ship or space station though, Captain - I mean Admiral Janeway always used to say that weird was part of the job,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Weird is part of the job..." Billy repeated thoughtfully. he remembered all the bizaar plots his father had hatched.

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"Starfleet certainly isn't considered normal by any standards considering all the missions that the ships crews have gotten into over the past hundred years or so," Naomi said, "but when you compare it to Fandom it appears sane,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I know what you mean. My dad was military and...I heard about a lot of strange stuff. But nothing like what I've heard of here."

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"Fandom is unique ..." Naomi agreed, "I don't think they advertised on a lot of the stuff that goes on here, my parents thought that it'd be a good school to go to before Starfleet Academy, but if they knew some of the stuff that went on around here ..." she paused, "was military?" she asked

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

If he said it enough times, would he even start to believe it?

"My parents died, in the car crash that took my eye, and leg." he told her.

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Naomi said quietly, not entirely sure what to say to that, "I'm sorry,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." he said. "It, it happened a while ago."

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"I have to say that I don't know what's it's like to lose a parent," she paused, "Even though I nearly lost my mother several years ago, I didn't like that experience,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Was the sorrow in his voice really guilt? Well maybe a little.

"I was in a coma for about a year after it happened. I woke up to find out everything had changed."

And actually it had. For better, for a while. Then it'd all come crashing down.

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi listened quietly and then said, "my mother was on an away mission several years ago, there was a bad ion storm and the shuttle she was on was forced to crash land on a planet, they were buried under several layers of rock ... they never told me that my mother's shuttle had crashed, they never told me that there was the possibility she could be dead along with the other two crewmembers she was with, who were also like my family ... I only found out when I went up to the bridge when I was trying to find my uncle, what I saw on the view screen wasn't particulary comforting and I turned around and fled ... I later learned why my uncle kept the truth from me but until then but I had never been so scared to lose someone close to me, my mother and the other two crewmembers were rescued with only mere minutes to spare but it still came as a shock,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy swallowed. He drew on his feelings of betrayal,when his father ultimately rejected, and tried to kill him.

Sadly this meant that in addition to loss, his voice might have come out, a little bit bitter.

"It's never easy when you lose someone." he said. "Or, come close."

He wondered where his mother was.

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi nodded, "I know having a career in Starfleet is a risk from the minute you step into the academy ... it's the same for a lot of careers, but it doesn't make acceptance of death any easier,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It's all fine and good for parents to take that risk, to accept it. But the kids don't exactly get a choice do they."

He had to close his eyes against the anger at his father that was coming. No, that was always there. And more.

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

"No ..." Naomi shook her head softly, "I guess not," her voice was a little saddened, "even though mom didn't know she was pregnant with me until after Voyager was lost in the Delta Quadrant, if she had known she would have stayed behind with dad on Deep Space Nine instead of accepting the post," she paused, "but then again Voyager's getting lost in the Delta Quadrant was an accident, I guess my heritage had a part to play in the fact that it took mom so long to discover that she was pregnant ... traditional human/ktarian pregnancies last nearly two years after all,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy almost choked on his drink. "Good lord, two years?"

He recovered. "Sorry, didn't think I could be surprised anymore."

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi smiled, "yeah it's ... unique for a lack of a better word," she replied, "I know what you mean about not being surprised anymore,"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"of course I've thought that before..." Billy said thoughtfully.