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uly, 1990
Public Domain - Unlimited distribution permitted.
T'Shaul was a young vulcan female of uninspiring appearance. Yumi Egawa was a bit
short, even by human standards. Yumi's cheeks were too narrow, Yumi's nose too
pointed, and Yumi's ears were large. Yumi's body always remained hidden under the
folds of a robe, but there was not much indication that Yumi Egawa was of any great
beauty. Vulcans, though, do not judge by appearance only, and T'Shaul was not
ever overtly considered ugly or unattractive. Still, Yumi's parents found it
difficult to arrange a marriage when T'Shaul had been a child. And then they
had learned that Yumi Egawa did not *wish* to be betrothed. Being somewhat liberal,
her parents conceded to T'Shauls request for no interference on the order of
marriage. There would be other children for Silvak and T'Peruv.
T'Shaul kept herself unusually isolated for a vulcan, though never from her
family. Yumi Egawa emersed herself in studies, and proved very apt in both biology
and ecology. As Vulcan was a planet with a rather small and limited biosphere,
she concentrate
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