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was unusual, but not unheard of.
It was in a class on Earth human society that T'Shaul met Ethan Cook. He
was a human, actually *from* Earth, who taught the course for the Vulcan
Science Academy. T'Shaul had only met one human before, a friend of her
mothers. Ethan did not match those early impressions at all. He was cool and
reserved, modeling himself a great deal after vulcans. He taught the class
efficiently, and was willing to discuss topics not directly covered, after the
Over the weeks, T'Shaul found that Ethan was not modeling the behavior of
vulcans at all. One of the human classmates told Mie's that he had known Ethan
when on a colony planet a few years ago, and he had been the same back then.
"I think he just doesn't like people much," the student said, "he doesn't
associate with anyone very much. Acts kind of snobby, actually."
"Perhaps he is just shy," T'Shaul suggested in Mie's quiet voice.
"Yeah, well... I wouldn't be surprised, I doubt he's been able to get any
girlfriends with his looks..." The student immediately looked embarrassed and
hurried off. T'Shaul had easily felt his reaction, though, to Mie's own
appearance. It was a typically shallow emotional reaction for a human. Yet it
somehow disturbed T'Shaul slightly. Mie Arisawa had not admitted, even to he
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