Marooned - Christie Golden [93]
Janeway thought about Kes, whose lifetime was so incredibly short by human standards; about Aren, whose life was almost inconceivably long; about the very different paths the two had chosen.
And then Janeway knew why she was here. She wouldn't write a eulogy, stiff and stilted and impersonal. She'd just speak about Bokk, speak simply and from the heart. And she would take this flower with her, let it serve a healing purpose before its petals fluttered to the floor and it died.
There never seemed to be enough time, did there?
Not enough time to rest, to think, not enough time to tell those who mattered to you that you cared. You had to make the time, had to take a step or two out of your way sometimes-had to visit the hydroponics bay instead of heading to your quarters.
It's too brief No matter how long you have, it's alwaysjust too brief Captain Kathryn Janeway stepped forward, stroked the incredibly soft petals, brought her face to the flower's heart, and breathed deep.
About the Author
Christie Golden got hooked on Star Trek in the fifth grade and has been a fan ever since. Her first Voyager novel, The Murdered Sun, was very well received and led to her being invited to pitch story ideas for the show to Paramount.
Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels, Instrument of Fate and King's Man and Thief, both from Ace Books, as well as having launched the TSR Ravenloft line with the very successful Vampire of the Mists. Golden went on to write two more books in the Ravenloft series, Dance of the Dead and The Enemy Within.
She is presently hard at work on more ideas for Voyager, the novelization of the animated television show Invasion America, an "epic fantasy historical thriller," a mystery series, and the first novel of a new fantasy series. Readers are encouraged to visit her web site at littp://w.sffnet/people/Christie.Golden.
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