I loved the sneaky poke at Spock, that Saavik does--by relocating the children's "practicing". Snicker. That is SO Saavik.

**T'Kel now remembered the real drummers used sticks, not their hands. She groped along the floor and found not two, but three sticks, two padded, the other one with holes all through the handle. *This* was interesting!** I love how logical T'Kel's being in her discovery of how to "work" the drums. She's applying what she remembers, when most babies would just squeal and start pounding away.

**Setik would catch her. Setik was her hero. He was much like Father.** Awww. That's so sweet!

**Her brother nodded in approval and their music was excellent. And her one stick, the one with the holes, whistled as she swung it through the air. Even better, it drew T’Pren from the other room. Her identical twin plopped down on the floor and began singing along at the top of her voice. T'Pren was very creative. If she did not know a word, she made one. This experiment was working well.** Oh ... I can't breathe!!! Poor Saavik ... she has such exacting, curious children.

***Father would be very impressed.*** That's ... one word for it. And Saavik sending them to play in Spock's office: It's like she's saying: "See what your musical inclination *blessed* us with? You spawned it, you hear it."

Kerry, this was a lovely, humorous piece. Nice job.

I just love this three set--a delightful blend of humor, logic and life. And in a very real way.

**her father's insistence they learn about their Romulan nature. ** Interesting ... how long did Saavik fight that idea?

**This was how Saavik exposed her eldest daughter without a total Romulan influence** I love how Saavik does show the children the good aspects of the Romulan culture ... without using any Romulans to do so. That says so *much* about her.

**An emotional statement! T'Kel could not believe her ears.** Awww.

I think these three stories were a great way to show us T'Kel's nature, as well as demonstrate what she will be like when she gets older. Again: wonderful job, Kerry.

**"I studied the taiy, and fulfilled its law. I present a captured prey. No word, spoken or written, said it must be dead."** The Spock family excels at finding loopholes in everything. A handy trait.

I like how Saavik passed on her love of the stars to T'Kel. Do all children have such fondness for them, or is T'Kel a special case?

**"I should have thought it could happen," Rrelthiz said. "With as much trouble as she found... but she always managed to survive."** Indeed. It should be Starfleet's logo. "If you join Starfleet and become really popular w/ the viewing audiences, get in as much trouble as you want and never, ever die!" =)

**"Did my mother go for me? Did she believe she needed to set an example for me? Of duty and following orders?"** Well, that says a lot about T'Kel, doesn't it? Out of all the children, she must have been the "trouble-maker" and always needing to know 'why'. Just like young Saavik.

How many parts of this are there? I really am enjoying it.

**"When the Klingons are allies? But... that is politics. It is for your father and your twin. They will handle such things!** I love it. It is for your father and your twin. They will handle such things!" And there's going to be a huge uproar about this. The Klingons hid Ambassador Spock's wife! Both the Federation and Vulcan are going to be angry.

I'm so glad T'Kel has Saavik back. =)

This set is strangely and deeply comforting.

I wish I knew such relationships as these.

**"So I travel to Vulcan again, to see your bonding." She sighed deeply. "The Nest Mother *has* blessed my life."** Awww. This is such a happy scene, full of hope for the future. Their lives are repaired and back on track.

**After all, Saavik had lately slipped through the Romulan Neutral Zone to be with Spock again.** Of course she did. B/c she "died" (now she and Spock have even more in common) and, even if she still disagreed w/ Spock, I can see her putting that aside and going w/ him just to be w/ him.

**"She said if you knew, you would try to reach her. And she did not want you endangered crossing the Neutral Zone when it was fruitless."** How very logical and Saavik would approve.

That was so very sad, Kerry. You did a wonderful job of capturing the grief and poignancy of this scene.

What I like the most about it is the beauty of the cultures present--there is no type-casting and making Vulcans act like Humans or every human act the same. Which means there is a richness to the story that would otherwise be lost. There is CULTURE here, beautiful, subtle, vastly different culture. When I read it, I can feel as if the Federation is real, that the woman I am watching truly lives. And it is the depth of capturing diversity rather than just mouthing it. A beautiful story! Your imagery and thought are superb. I love the carefully building relationships shown--they FEEL real.

You have many superb works--this is definately one of the best of them! Beautiful and elegant and understated.

A perfectly Vulcan capture.

>Two weeks:

I like that Vulcans can remember their lives from in utero. This is about what I think a baby would remember.

> His voice rumbled in richer rhythms than even T'Kel's father's.

That could only be one person :-)

>Two years: >T'Kel considered, one could build a tail!

This and her thoughts about the glider are good development of her tendency towards engineering.

>"My leaving does not mean you are unsupervised. Do not try to take apart anything."

Ha! She knows these kids well :-)

Good story, Kerry.