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Turning back to regard the XO, Tel’eck smiled, “..Sorry sir. I just bet Mom you would slip on the slope down here. Didn’t mean any harm by it though!” She said swinging back and forth now upside down on the branch by her bent legs.

Drudoc eyed her daughter’s antics a moment then came over to Rhansi, “..Greetings to you Lieutenant Commander. Please come take a seat on the grass if you like, or have the holodeck form a bench or seat if you prefer.” She indicated by the shade of the tree taking her own seat on the ground. “..This is my daughter Tel’eck as you may have heard.”

Drudoc Andone CO / Tel’eck Andone CO

Rhansi nodded to the girl, smiling. “Greetings, young one,” he called. “And you as well, Captain,” he said as he sat beside her, leaning against the tree. “I have not sat in the shade of a tree in… some time,” he admitted, looking up at the sparkles of sunlight through the leaves.

He looked around them, the signs of life everywhere. He knew, in his head, that it was artifice, but his soul believed, and he felt the flush of it within him. Part of him yearned to remove his breathers, to taste the true air of this place; but he knew that was foolish. “This is beautiful,” he murmured. “Where is this place?”

XO Rhansi

Drudoc looked around, “..Nowhere in particular, just something that Tel’eck cooked up for exercise and a safe hang out for her friends. Though in recent years as she got older we added a few more challenging things for climbing and such in safety..” Drudoc said.

”..Yeah it’s not really anywhere, more like a mesh of a few places I remember when I was really young..” Tel’eck chimed in still swinging nimbly from her legs on the branch. “..Mom says next year for my birthday I can get my own hololibrary code for making my own places seperate from hers!” the girl said with a grin. “..I’m thinking a hover-car race track!” She beamed

Drudoc regarded her only child naturally. “..Only if you keep up your grades..” She said.

Drudoc Andone CO