sooner or later, you always have to wake up.

[ ‘tis the sister’s birthday today and i have a play rehearsal at 7, so i won’t be on much. the science exam went well, and thank you to those who wished me luck! i’m seeing a play tomorrow evening and i also have to make some fudge for my friend’s birthday, and then i’ll be gone most of saturday because i’m at alton towers, but i'll definitely see you sunday if i don’t manage to be active much in the next couple of days. toodle-oo! ]

                        "Wow. I'm guessing technology progressed faster in your ----                                                                        timeline."

"Oh nonsense, sir. Four eyes are better than two, two heads are better than one and all that. Of course if oyu don’t want to help, I can’ force ya but I’d be awful grateful.”

     "No, I'll help.            ---- Why does he have peanut butter on his face?"

                                                        ”Get him in the truck. We’re out of here.”

                    "Thank you, sir," he says quietly                     once on the truck, though he                     cannot be sure whether it is                     heard or not.

A flick of an eyebrow follows, the only sign of exasperation available to her when faced with such imprecise language. “I see,” she says to be polite, speculating as to whether he means they may complete their survey, or that she need not offer further explanations. Spock turns her attention, though not fully—she is leery of the bow—back to her tricorder: she is a scientist before all else, and she is still keen on the trees of this planet.

         Jake can only swallow, the movement an unintentional and inherent reaction to the suppressed, almost robotic movements of the alien woman as she averts her focus from him, but it's a few moments before he says anything. He raises his eyebrows, shifting his jaw crookedly to the right, and spreads his palms wide in arrogant expectancy. "'I see' what?" he challenges, running his tongue over his lips. "What d'you mean by that? 'I see You'?" He scuffs a tree root with the sole of his feet. "'I see science'? 'I see the problem?' What-- what did'you mean?"