"Oh my...I...I am glad you have found a way to deal with your inner conflict...but for me? I...no...no. I feel conflict now due to the Romulans...I know you must see that as silly..."

𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐹𝑎𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑒. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑘'𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝑊𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑-

The good old days