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Data's Journey
By : K_nz
Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation
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Tala insisted upon celebrating Spot’s birthday on the same day as her own. Neara floated Tala up and she sprinkled catnip and treats all along Spot’s ceiling ledge.
“I think that is enough catnip Tala. We do not want Spot to fall off the ledge in a daze,” Neara advised.
“Alright Mommy,” Tala agreed.
Tala had made a card for Spot wishing her a happy eleventh birthday. Data had made one, ostensibly coming from Spot, wishing her a happy seventh birthday.
Tala and her best friend Thad and some other children would play in the anti-gravity chamber, then go to the arboretum for a picnic and cake. Neara could, of course, float them, but she wanted the time alone with Data. There was adult supervision of the anti-gravity chamber, so she knew they were in good hands.
Tala and her friends had a wonderful time together, as they always did. One time her class got to tour the bridge, and Data let her sit at his station. She did some quick programming and made the view screen display a virtual aquarium. The children were delighted.
After Tala’s birthday celebration, Neara, Data, and Tala went to Ahmria to spend time with family. Spot joined them like she normally did, happily trotting into her carrier for the trip over, and unhappily being found and floated into her carrier for the trip back.
In the seven years since Tala’s birth, Erda had given birth to two children. Beya was four years old and Reysa was one. They both had Erda’s dark indigo skin coloring, but Beya had gold hair, like Pata, and Reysa had raven black hair, like Yara.
Beya had a speech impediment which Data found fascinating. When she spoke, she occasionally made a brrrr noise, sounding many notes at once. She was slowly growing out of it, but Data found he missed hearing it.
Reysa was unique among Ahmriana, being so dark. His eyes stood out like beacons, which were especially prominent at night. Just as the Ahmriana were captivated by Beverly’s red hair, they seemed equally captivated by Reysa. He got a lot of cooing attention.
Even though Data’s family knew about Neara’s Weaver abilities, they instructed both his family and Tala not to let any other people know – especially children. So Tala could neither tell nor invite Thad on their trips to Ahmria. She had been good and kept the secret, but Thad was her best friend and she desperately wanted to tell him. It helped that her cousins were there.
They stayed for a week on Ahmria and Tala got to sleep over with Beya. Beya was in Seyta’s old room. Seyta followed Ahmrian custom and moved into a communal home with several other Ahmriana in their twenties. If a ka’sha connection formed, then the ka’sha would move back to one of their respective familial homes. At the moment, there was still a room available if Seyta wished to return.
At noon, they preformed the daily Riaka. All the family was out in the Ahta clearing, their legs folded under them, making the circles, taking their breaths, and singing. All except Beya and Reysa, who lacked the vocal control, not to mention the attention span, to join in. They were running around the group, flapping their arms in a circle and squealing, just as Tala had done at their age. But now Tala was singing and Data could feel the vibration she made, albeit not nearly as strong as the adults.
A while back, Data had learned the Riaka so he could join in. Although he had adjusted his voice box and could sing many of the notes, he knew he was not able to vibrate them as strongly as the Ahmriana could. Neara assured him, even though this was the case, his contribution was still helpful to the universe.
Every day for the past year, Neara had made Tala remain with her after the Riaka. They would stay in their seated position, and Neara would draw her hands in a circle from the top of Tala’s head to the ground while intoning. She would go around her making the circles, creating a ball around Tala. Neara explained she was constructing a protective sphere like the one she had. She said she wanted to make it very strong, and it would take a few years to do. Data noted none of the other Ahmriana did this, but Neara said none of the other Ahmriana were on starships – they had virtually no risks on Ahmria. She felt their child should have this added protection.
During their visit, they went to Lake Anansa where Tala played the telekinesis game with other children, moving a ball quickly over the surface of the water while another child tried to catch it. Data watched and noted Tala seemed to be at the same level of proficiency as other children of her age.
As a birthday present, Data painted Tala and the other children to look like various animals on the planet, which of course, they then pretended to be. Neara laughed with joy, because the group made quite a menagerie.
When they returned to the Enterprise, Tala’s first bestowed gift arrived. She suddenly wanted to learn Klingon and rapidly mastered the language, her neural net having grown into the communication area of her brain. She spent hours on her computer learning about the culture. She was practicing the Mok'bara when Neara pulled Data aside.
“Worf’s gift has arrived. You must speak to him and have him help her develop it,” Neara instructed.
“I will talk to him,” Data assured, and did so when he saw him on the bridge. Worf agreed he would come by and start Tala’s tutelage.
Once off duty, he came to Data’s quarters and Tala greeted him, speaking in perfect Klingon. Worf was visibly surprised, and answered her in Klingon.
“Tala has been practicing and wishes to learn the Mok'bara,” Data informed.
“I want to be a warrior,” she said.
“I see,” Worf observed. “It will take many years of discipline and practice. If you are willing to put in the effort, I am willing to teach you.”
“I am willing. When can we start?” she asked with anticipation.
“I will take you to the holodeck and program a beginning level combat scenario. The best way to learn is through experience. I can observe your strengths and weaknesses, and we can work from there,” Worf explained.
“You must be careful with our daughter Worf,” Neara cautioned. “It took us much to make her, we would not want anything to happen to her.”
“I will watch after her. She will not be harmed,” Worf vowed, and they left so Tala could go out and experience her first of many gifts.
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Data's Journey	By : K_nz Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation Views: 1351 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Data's Journey