[Spock felt guilty that he is the reason Lupin now feels like this.... Ka'adith, it will get better.]
I am not sure how familiar you are with Vulcan culture, but to explain what I have found requires some explanation.
[Spock leans back himself and prepares himself...]
Before the time of Surak and logic, Vulcans were a warrior race renowned throughout the quadrant as being brutal and ruthless. There are few traits that have carried through to the present age but we cannot ignore our heritage [Spock thought about certain rituals that Vulcan decided to uphold and events that happen regarding their physiology.... He shivered...not something Spock was looking forward to....], we are who we are... and that was military. That would be one of the reasons why my people did not look kindly on me when I chose to go to Starfleet... I was the only Vulcan ever to have turned down an offer into the Vulcan Science Academy. [Spock made a small grimace as he remembered the council and their disdain towards his human heritage...]] However, being a militant race meant we fought closely with our Vulcan kinsmen, with our brothers... Not in a familial sense, though in some cases this would be true, but what I mean is that we created bonds with our fellow soldiers, and together they would become powerful. I believe that is what has happened to us. My mind called out to yours...but it goes both ways, to have created such a bond your mind would have had to call out as well. I recognized you as someone I could trust [Spock left out that Lupin would have had to also seen him as someone he could trust... ], a brother in arms.
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I am not sure how familiar you are with Vulcan culture, but to explain what I have found requires some explanation.
[Spock leans back himself and prepares himself...]
Before the time of Surak and logic, Vulcans were a warrior race renowned throughout the quadrant as being brutal and ruthless. There are few traits that have carried through to the present age but we cannot ignore our heritage [Spock thought about certain rituals that Vulcan decided to uphold and events that happen regarding their physiology.... He shivered...not something Spock was looking forward to....], we are who we are... and that was military. That would be one of the reasons why my people did not look kindly on me when I chose to go to Starfleet... I was the only Vulcan ever to have turned down an offer into the Vulcan Science Academy. [Spock made a small grimace as he remembered the council and their disdain towards his human heritage...]] However, being a militant race meant we fought closely with our Vulcan kinsmen, with our brothers... Not in a familial sense, though in some cases this would be true, but what I mean is that we created bonds with our fellow soldiers, and together they would become powerful.
I believe that is what has happened to us. My mind called out to yours...but it goes both ways, to have created such a bond your mind would have had to call out as well. I recognized you as someone I could trust [Spock left out that Lupin would have had to also seen him as someone he could trust... ], a brother in arms.
[Spock finally looks up...]
What do you think of this Arsene?