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[Anari Erias 0]

Lt. Erias

Personal Back Log Entry

 

 

 

A Trill freighter landed on the platform and a Starfleet uniformed person stepped out. The aft door to the freighter closed with a hiss. The freshly on-leaved Anari Erias made her way back to her home. The door was open, she wondered why but entered it nevertheless.

 

She thought about the possibilities of what her homecoming greeting would be like, warm with hugs and kisses? Or with harsh criticism from her mother while her father tried helpless to defend her. Or would there be bad news that they both have been killed in a traffic accident… She sighed deeply, wondering of all the places she could have visited, before heading to Earth for official business matters, and she decided to go home.

 

“Hello? Anyone home?” She called out, fearing what might come next.

 

But no answer came, but a small rustling that came with the wind. The window was open.

 

“Hello? Mom? Dad? Uncle?” She again called out. This time, a response.

 

“Yes, yes I’m coming …”

 

It was an elderly voice that she did not remember, or haven’t heard in ages. But it was familiar and had a familiar tonation to it. It couldn’t be, she thought.

 

“Grandpa?” She impulsively blurted out.

 

“ ‘Grandpa’?” The elderly man squinted at Anari’s face. “ Ari?” He said in the traditional Trill. She recognized this name, it was her nickname, and she smiled and held up her grandfather’s hands.

 

“Yes, I’m here. Where are mom and dad?”

 

Grandpa Erias coughed and went into the kitchen to get two cups. Although he was of 78 years of age, he moved quickly freely with out trouble. If you ignored his coughing, you might have mistaken him for her uncle.

 

“Come, Ari, parents went to see you, they went to Earth.” He placed the cups with warm tea in it on the table. “I wonder, why are you here?”

 

“Oh, I was heading to Earth after I disembarked from Arcadia but I decided I wanted to see family. Oh, they must …” She trailed off.

 

“They are, they miss you, and so do I. Lucky me, you thought of home.” Grandpa Erias smiled slowly.

The two of them had tea and talked. Soon she felt right where she left off, home. Just the way she left it.

 

“You are tired, Ari. I see days have been long.” He raised his finger as if to point but stopped and stood up.

 

“You know where your room is.” She smiled.

 

Home was just the way she left it.