A World Apart

[tr'Jeth Dabi 0]

His quarters were dark, the way he liked. The dull metal walls and dark furniture were to his taste. Torate tr'Jeth Dabi was just getting up from his regular 4 hour rest when he was beeped with a fresh memo on his console. As he dressed for the next shift in his crisp, metallic uniform, he listened. His hands paused over his metal chest sash, then called for the computer to repeat.

 

He listened to the memo again, in grief.

 

 

" i hsah rhanne am aware au na sthe' an umaere sa'na great aith any longer,

 

t'lhoi wonder how au aihei sa'the Lloann'ae standards of baby aethra...

 

"Pehai the eiuuh case of Rihannsu Ale to au Daise; perhaps it will give au a dhaeg up

 

sa'au new afvu on the shiny kaohht."

 

 

It struck him as a reference to being ousted from the RSE. How could they say such things? Was the author going insane? Did he not know Torate had been ordered to fill the Daise'Dheno position on the station, while keeping the RSE faithfully updated? Many times, tr’Jeth Dabi had been proclaimed for his infestation of the lloannen’galae.

 

How dare they insult him by calling his commission on the station 'lifeless and empty.' This was more than a stomach turn of events; these were treasonous statements, or at a minimum, a death wish to the author.

 

 

His hands were tightly embraced around the sash, causing it to slightly bend thinner along one 6 inch section, before he realized what he was doing and released.

 

He considered talking to Jorahl, to see if he'd been tortured or teased from the homeworld... or perhaps not.

 

 

i = and

 

hsah = though

 

rhanne = I

 

sthe' = performed

 

umaere = interrogation

 

aihei = attend and minister to

 

sa'na = with'not

 

aith = pain

 

t'lhoi = we

 

Rhinnasu = Romulan

 

Lloann'ae = Starfleet Federation

 

aethra = trick

 

pehai = give or present

 

eiuuh = storage object

 

dhaeg = foot

 

Daise (to tr’Jeth Dabi) = Captain or Commander, but meant to be a snide remark.

 

au = you, your

 

na = no, not

 

Daise'Dheno = Chief of Security

 

RSE = Romulan Star Empire

 

afvu = lifeless and empty

 

kaohht = space station

 

 

 

[Had enough? ... I will translate]

 

 

"And though I am aware you’ve not performed an interrogation without great pain any longer,

 

we wonder how you hold out with the Federation Standards of baby tricks...

 

"Present the package/case of Romulan Ale to your Captain; perhaps it will give you a foot up

 

with your new lifeless/empty [sarcasm for life] on the shiny space station.