“No way. My friend Darius Morgan is a living breathing Kiwi who lives and dies by the sport,” Kate said happily. “He and I served together on my cadet cruise and he taught me the game. It is so much better than football and from where I come from that is saying a lot. What if we play after dinner,” Kate said happily. “I may be small but I am wirey.” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Lt. (j.g.) Kate O’Neill COS : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Riss dabbed his mouth with a napkin and shook his head. “I appreciate the offer, but I still have unpacking to do. You both are welcome to partake of my previous offer of brandy after dinner while i take care of some things in my quarters, however.’ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Ch’ethyniq, CSO : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “See he wants to give us brandy, sophisticated booze that doesn’t have bat feces’s in it like your Uncles.” Shaun said with a smirk as he winked at Kate. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Grecken, CoS : : : : : : : : : : : : “We will be there,” Kate said, “but I am going to hold you for a rain check on the rugby.” : : : : : : : : : : : : Lt. (j.g.) Kate O’Neill COS : : : : : : : : : : Riss quietly nodded his head and began eating. Between bites, he said “How long have you both been on board?” : : : : : : : : : : Ch’ethyniq, CSO : : : : : : : : “Few weeks,” Kate said. “You want the rest of this,” she asked Shaun motioning at the other half of her sandwich. “Hey, have you gotten your phaser qualification eval recently. Yeah yeah I know you aren’t security but if you want to be on an away mission with me I really would like to know how good you are with a phaser.” : : : : : : : : Lt. (j.g.) Kate O’Neill COS : : : : : : Riss smiled at the question slightly. “I take it you don’t know a lot about my people, do you Lieutenant?” All Andorians (and their Aenar counterparts) were part of the Andorian military, even if just in a reserve capacity. The culture was highly militaristic, and weapons training was a part of the daily routine for all schools. Even though he was ‘just’ a Scientist, Ch’ethyniq had spent years in training with various weapons and hand-to-hand combat systems. : : : : : : Ch’ethyniq, CSO : : : : “Pardon her, she doesn’t seem to know when dinner is just dinner. Always as a kid had to have something to do, one thing was never enough. If she had her way every day we all would have itineraries of all the ways to entertain her.” Shaun said with a smirk. He knew his lovely Kate was fishing for something more, she always was. She was this rare breed who didn’t understand one thing could just be one thing, you didn’t need to make it two, three or even more in order to have a good time. : : : : Grecken, Doctor : :