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.

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