‘  I   WAS   MERELY   providing   a   vulcan   tradition    in   THANKS   for   our   ..    friendship.   ‘    he   states   ,    a   statement   he   almost   FUMBLES   over.    and   yet   it    is   only    HALF   -   TRUTH.    a   vulcan   custom   ,   but   even   so   ,   the   touch    of   hands   is   INTIMATE.    a   sensitivity  ,   a    show   of   TRUST   and   perhaps   even    affection.    he   locks   hands   behind   his   back   ,   attempting   to   AVOID   stares   upon   his   almost   flushed   visage.  

       ‘      ——–    CAPTAIN   ,    if   you   will    allow   me   to   dismiss    myself.    ‘