ASSIMILATION
My mind - to your mind - My thoughts - to your thoughts. Contact! Picard opens his mind to me. Oh, so like, yet so unalike Jim. His stubbornness, his integrity, his courage; All the essence of a Starship Captain. Picard. And now, deeper, and deeper still Till I find that which I seek - the Katra of Sarek. There. Unaware, Picard holds the previous persona That once was my Father.
His dormant persona Revives His character Surfaces. *Father.* *Spock?* *I am here.* *No! Go away - let me be!* *Your body is in death, Father. Sarek hesitates, assimilating the cold statement. *It is time, then?* *Yes, it is time.* *So much still to do.* *It now is left to me To fulfil our Destiny.*
*All these years unmelded, Spock. Why now?* *Quite simply - you are my father.* *Loyalty, Spock? After all the arguments?* *Why did you hate me?* *I did not hate you - You are my son, born of love.* *Then why?* *To train you, to exercise your powers of debate and logic for the task ahead.* *Why did you not tell me this in life?* *It would have been - unVulcan, my son.* *Then - you loved me after all?* *I will love you through Eternity, my son. Now, it is said. Now, I can go.*
*Assimilate my Katra, Spock. We have a task to fulfil - together.* *Romulus, Father?* *Romulus, my son. Together, we can succeed.* *Together ...* *Together.* And, in the maelstrom of emotion, Vulcan tears were shed.