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his gaze away from her,
force control back over his anger, erecting his training like a
castle wall to avoid attacking this female human before him. "Do
not leave yet," he told her. "I wish to question you momentarily!"
He was able to relax a bit when Hime Kamiya shrugged and turned back to the
starscape visible behind her.
After conferring with his team, he found that his instincts were
in fact correct, that the strange woman had, indeed been involved.
Witnesses reported that Hime Kamiya had been challenging all comers to arm
wrestling bouts, with the loser to buy drinks for the winner. She
had won every round, and despite the massive quantities of alcohol
she had won and imbibed, was still able to win again and again. The
problem was not the arm-wrestling, however, but the side bets that
were being placed as first this and then that Enterprise crewmember
faced Hime's and lost. The precipitating event for the small riot that
had taken place was when one large, aggressive male sciences
officer had bet an entire month's credits on his victory. He sat
down to the table with the big woman and locked wrists with her,
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