[AU]

[thatboyisamonster]

So. You've come.

Comments

[scienceping]

I respectively disagree.

[thatboyisamonster]

Prove it.

[scienceping]

[... slowly reaches out, pressing his hand to the glass]

[thatboyisamonster]

[ touching it ]

You cannot reach me.

[scienceping]

Not physically.

[thatboyisamonster]

You cannot.

[scienceping]

I would still make the attempt.

[thatboyisamonster]

. . . Sentiment. What a waste.

[scienceping]

Then you would not?

[thatboyisamonster]

I did not say that.

[scienceping]

[bows his head slightly, a faint smile tugging at one corner of his mouth, fingers curving slightly against the glass]

I have ... missed you.

[thatboyisamonster]

And I you.

[scienceping]

How much time has passed in Asgard?

[thatboyisamonster]

Almost a year now.

[scienceping]

[slow nod]

[thatboyisamonster]

How is the Enterprise?

[scienceping]

[small frown]

... It is being rebuilt.

[thatboyisamonster]

Rebuilt?

[scienceping]

It had been destroyed.

[thatboyisamonster]

What.

[scienceping]

There was an ... extraordinary enemy that caused its destruction.

[thatboyisamonster]

[ Might as well leave it at that ]

I did not know you had enemies.

[scienceping]

The Federation unfortunately has several, typically those of a hostile race that refuses to join.

[thatboyisamonster]

I see.

[scienceping]

[light shrug]

Starfleet is a peace-keeping armada. Occasionally, we are required to take an offensive position.