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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <108s3gd$1uo12$7@dont-email.me>, did   
   weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:   
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   > thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:   
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   > >> If memory serves, they wanted a companion for Vina, possibly to repopulate   
   > >> the planet.   
   > >   
   > >They'd decided humans were unsuitable, though.   
   >   
   > In both versions? I do remember them having that revelation after scanning   
   > the Enterprise's data banks, but I also remember them noting that humans   
   > fared better than the other races they tried.   
      
   They seemed to accept that they weren't going to find a servant race and   
   were just going to die.   
      
      
   > >It's interesting to see him walking back in happily. No one says it, but   
   > >there are worse things than a gilded cage.   
   >   
   > Beats living in a wheelchair that can only blink "yes" or "no".   
      
   Exactly. I think that's interesting, given the earlier conclusion that   
   humanity was a special snowflake which couldn't bear any cage no matter   
   what. Turns out we can.   
      
   They also said something about how they couldn't just engage in trade   
   with us, because we'd learn their mind powers and destroy ourselves.   
      
      
   > You know, Star Fleet could have made asomething better for him. I always   
   > wondered why they cheaped out with his space-wheelchair.   
      
   Yeah, I'm surprised the federation didn't have better medicine.   
      
   The Talosians may still be in trouble. All that radiation probably left   
   Pike sterile. Perhaps they could offer to take the Federation's other   
   severely handicapped people, on a purely optional basis.   
      
      
      
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