Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshosting.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!38.144.126.70.MISMATCH!feed3.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!yellow.newsread.com!news-toy.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated Approved: ascem@earthlink.net Organization: Better Living Thru TrekSmut Sender: ascem@earthlink.net Message-ID: From: "Penumbra" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list ASCEML@yahoogroups.com; contact ASCEML-owner@yahoogroups.com Subject: NEW DS9 Of Several Minds (D) [PG] (drabble, challenge) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 38 Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 16:55:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.198.142.218 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1091897701 209.198.142.218 (Sat, 07 Aug 2004 12:55:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 12:55:01 EDT Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated:82500 X-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:57:03 PDT (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Title: Of Several Minds Author: Penumbra Contact: penumbra at clinched dot net Series: DS9 Rating: PG Codes: challenge, drabble, D Archive: Go right ahead. Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue. Viacom/Paraborg is god. Notes: Stephen's Call of Duty Challenge (I apologise for my liberal interpretation) combined with extreme boredom. "Love is a choice you make from moment to moment." ~ Barbara de Angelis -------------------------- Of Several Minds by Penumbra (c) 2004 -------------------------- Even after nine years, Dax feels uncomfortable in his skin. Or rather, Bitan feels uncomfortable with his other, older thoughts. Whenever he passes another joined on the street, Bitan averts his eyes. He still thinks the shame is like a stain they can see -- a tattoo, a scarlet letter -- when the only taint on him is Ezri's blood: an ancient duty yet not forgotten. He thinks a familiar, ugly thought about Ezri. What remains of her inside him flinches as if in pain. He doesn't hate Lenara any more, though. He can't. He loves her too much...they all do. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ASCEM messages are copied to a mailing list. Most recent messages can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCEML. NewMessage: