073014-MerrowAcenia

-- aspiringArchon [AA]  began trolling gracefulThaumaturge [GT]  at 18:05 --

[06:06] AA: (( I'm assuming Acenia is in her room? ))

[06:06] GT: (( yep. papers all over the floor. ))

[06:08] AA: A gentle knock is heard at Acenia's door.

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:08] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: The door opens slowly after a few moments. "Hello?" <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:09] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow's standing there, looking nervous, with something behind his back. "Uh....hello, Acenia."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:09] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "Hi Merrow!" She smiles. "Come in!" She scurries to pick up her piles of paper. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:10] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow comes in. "Oh, no, don't go to any trouble on my account!"

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:10] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "It's okay! I really have to stay more organized with these things." <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:11] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: He inhales, then launches into a fast paced, nervous ramble. "So I wanted to get you flowers but then I remembered how much you like plants and I wasn't sure if you would feel bad about the flowers getting picked but I really wanted to have something nice to present you with and so uh" he pulls from behind his back a bouquet of "flowers" made of colored, crumpled paper "I sort of stole an idea fro <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(177,18,98);white-space:pre-wrap;">m Darmok."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:14] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: She sets a stack of papers down. "Merrow, that's very sweet! I was working on something for you, but it's not done yet... Oh! but," She clasps her hands together, "Maybe we can get permission to go pick flowers or something? I don't mind if they're picked, as long as the plant doesn't die. Papa's the one that's defensive about them." <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:14] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "Oh, yes. That would be lovely. I'll ask Commander Heston about it next time I see her. I imagine Commander Aggaro would not be sympathetic to the request."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:15] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "So uh....I was talking to Darmok. You saw he and Miloko are engaged now?"

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:15] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow's blushing now.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:15] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "What? Wow! It's only been a few days!" <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:16] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "I really hope their hurricane of romance doesn't leave everyone behind in devastation!" <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:16] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "Yeah. It seemed really fast to me too....but Darmok's reasoning was actually really sound when I asked him about it."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:17] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow still seems nervous and blushy. "He says that with all the danger we're in right now, and even more so once we're in the game, we can't really depend on there being a tomorrow. And talked about how much it would hurt to be stuck regretting never acting, if one partner should die."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:18] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow looks sad now.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:18] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "It uh....really got me thinking. To be honest."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:18] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "Do you think the game will be that rough from the get-go?" <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:19] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "I don't know. But if Darmok is worried about it....I wouldn't assume he's wrong."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:19] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "He uh...." Merrow looks at his feet. "...actually thinks that you and I shouldn't drag our heels either."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:19] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "It seems to be what everyone is doing. Everyone is hooking up so fast!" she blushes a little. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:19] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: This last part gets kind of quiet, like he's scared to have even said it.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:19] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "Oh..." And now... much blushing. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:20] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "I want to take it slow, too, but....part of me sees his point."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:21] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow is still staring at his feet, but every once and a while glances up to see if he can see anything from Acenia's reaction.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:21] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "Can we compromise?" She's staring off at the far wall of her room. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:22] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "I'm not making demands here, Acenia. You don't have to compromise at all. I just kind of....wanted to know your thoughts."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:23] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "So please. Don't tell me what you think I want to hear. Tell me what YOU want."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:23] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "I can understand it also. Even if the world doesn't end, I won't get another chance like this, ever. Do you think we could be matesprits before we get human married? And give it a try in our culture's way?" <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:24] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: Merrow looks up in surprise, a happy smile on his face. "I would....LOVE for you to be my matesprit, Acenia."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:25] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: Acenia realizes the weight of what she said. She covers her face, embarassed. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:27] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: "I'm glad!" She squeaks out from behind her hands. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:28] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: He approaches her, and puts his arms around her, kissing her on whatever part of her cheek isn't hidden by her hands. "Honestly, the Human Marriage thing is really only a legal matter, so you'll be officially recognized as Empress. As far as our personal relationship goes....the human traditions matter little to me. This makes me happier than anything else could."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:29] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: Many embarrased squeaks are emitted before she lets her hands drop and embraces him back. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:31] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "I'm glad I let Darmok convince me to pluck up the courage to ask you. I probably would've been too scared if I hadn't talked to him."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:32] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "Are you doing anything right now? Would you like to go ask Commander Heston about that outing now?"

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:32] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">GT: She looks to her papers really quickly. "We can! Maybe we can ask Commander Heston more about human marriage too. I'm sure she'll have to come with us to supervise." <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ѽ <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">⋆:・ﾟ✧

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#2b0057;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">[06:33] <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#b11262;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AA: "All right then. Let's go." He grabs her hand and smiles at her.