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he wind was filled with the scent of growing things and chlorophyll. Ethan
smiled at Nao's wonder of so much greenery. Nao Oikawa was also intrigued when he
started swimming in the lake. The experience of total immersion in liquid was
almost totally alien to T'Shaul, who had never left Vulcan. Even baths were
rare, so Nao Oikawa did not join Ethan the first several times.
It was the late afternoon of their third day at the cabin when Ethan was
finally able to convince T'Shaul to let him teach Nao's how to swim. Nao Oikawa was
observing the squirrels, feeding them nuts and bits of fruit to win their
trust, when Ethan remarked that for a wife Nao Oikawa acted a lot like a student.
T'Shaul turned Nao's head and watched Ethan "treading water" as he smirked at
her. Nao Oikawa knew he was playing one of those incomprehensible human games again.
Nao Oikawa had been learning, slowly, what "teasing" was and responded, with usual
vulcan calmness, "In matters of human behavior, I will always be your student."
Ethan continued to grin and then suddenly splashed a small wave of
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