Twenty-Five Years 07 - Paren's Tale

Notes: They keep getting longer @_@. this will probably cease to be true now that I'll have less dedicated writing time...

This chapter draws heavily on, and therefore is spoilery for some TOS episodes, namely the Balance of Terror, and (especially) The Enterprise Incident. In fact, I would say that though the telling of if is my own, the *story* presented here belongs primarily to DC Fontana. This draw also heavily on some of the story, not just the flavour, created by Diane Duane. While her work influences the series strongly in general, I think it is worth mentioning for this chapter specifically. Series Notes and chapter index here

Thanks as always to earis for betaing.

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