Everything Is Connected

[Nivek Erieth]

Nivek approaches the door of the Commons area of the ship, but it won't open.

He knocks. "I'm here. You gonna unlock the door and let me in?"

"Not yet." Daeva responded through the speakers. "I need you to do something first"

"Sure. Name it."

"Go into the room just to your left, and take what I made for you out of the printer. It should be ready by now."

He's not sure why she's being so cryptic, but he does as she asks. What he finds when the printer drawer opens, is a pair of glasses.

"Don't put them on yet!"

Nivek can hear the Commons door unlock and slide open.

"Ok, come on in, and meet me by the observation window." She said to him.

Again, he does as she asks.

"What's with this cloak and dagger routine, Darlin'?"

(He's using that voice again that she likes.)

"STOP IT!"

(Is it just me, or could you hear her blushing though the speakers too?)

Daeva takes a deep breath, and a healthy pause as the glasses power up before she softly says to him, "Ok, I'm ready. Put them on."

When he does, he sees her standing right in front of him, and he's completely dumbstruck by the experience.

She smiles shyly, and says, "It looks like they're working. Pretty awesome tech. Right?"

It took a moment for Nivek to realize he should respond to her, but he has no idea what to say.

As a reflex when words escape him, his default is always honesty with her.

"It's not the tech that I'm awed by, Alia."

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