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<h3>Synopsis by Katrina Glerum (kat@midwinter.com)</h3>
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/dream.jpeg">
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Although the staff of Command and Control have survived attacks by
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raiders, saboteurs, Centauri and their own fleet, they are staggered by
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the sight of their very own Commander Ivanova-in the flesh, and nothing
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else. She, however, is the soul of decorum, at least until she looks
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down. Her horrified scream wakes her bolt upright. "God I hate dreams
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like that!"
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Vir is enjoying a little dream of his own, stroking the imperial
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trappings as he waits in the throne room for a meeting with a royal
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councilor. The minister congratulates him on his excellent reports
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from Minbar, while chiding him for relying on Ambassador Molari's
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misleading advice in creating them. He then shares a delightful little
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joke. "What's more dangerous than a locked room full of angry Narns?
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One angry Narn with a key!" Vir hurries back to his quarters where he
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steps into a room full of angry Narns.
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Susan shares some of her nightmares with the Captain at breakfast,
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stopping short of describing this morning's. He suggests that her
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subconscious is lagging behind her intellect in coming to terms with
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the whopping changes in her status and prospects. But not to worry, it
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will all pass. Besides, it could be worse, she could be dreaming she
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was showing up to work naked, he teases her innocently.
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/sword.jpeg">
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Alone in his rooms, Londo is planning a vicious sneak attack. He
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lashes out again and again, but alas, too short, too slow. Finally,
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the kitchenette in disarray, he vanquishes his insect tormentor, and
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lofts its wrecked little body high in the air on the end of a noble
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ceremonial sword. Before his instant of triumph dissolves into
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dismay at the realization that one bug indicates more, he is
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interrupted by the arrival of a ravishing young Centauri lady.
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Sheridan flirts with Delenn in the corridor, inviting her to dinner
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that night in the lull before another crisis flattens them all.
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<img align=right width=160 height=120 src="/lurk/gif/056/sayhello.jpeg">
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Londo barely manages to keep his puckishness in check as he greets Vir
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with casual inquiries about the court. Then he launches the surprise.
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The lovely damsel is Vir's arranged bride, Lyndisty. Vir isn't
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sure what to make of it. The whole arranged-marriage business is as
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daunting as her stunning figure. She however seems certain that her
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destiny lies with him.
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Zack apprises Ivanova of an increase in the number of Narns passing
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through the station with false documentation supplied by Vir. When
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questioned by her later, Vir stammers that it's for the Narns' own
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protection, that he's helping them by moving as many as he can to camps
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on Centauri Prime, where conditions are much better than on the wrecked
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Narn homeworld.
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/flarn.jpeg">
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John's excuses are flying just as fast when he presents his attempt at
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flarn to Delenn. She forges though the meal stoically with subterfuge
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and salt. Just as she gamely fills her plate, John dashes off to
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respond to an emergency report of an assault in progress near Londo's
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quarters, where an angry Narn is on a shankar rampage after Vir and
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his wife.
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/six.jpeg">
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Ivanova calls Vir in again to find out why a Narn has declared this
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blood oath against him, and to warn him of a second Narn out for
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vengeance on the station. Vir claims to be completely in the dark
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about that, among other things. Ivanova assures him that she is no one
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to be giving advice on matters of sexual intimacy but he insists that
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he knows no other women to ask. She uncomfortably counsels enthusiasm,
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to Vir's enlightenment.
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/dead.jpeg">
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It is advice that two others scarcely need as their passion for one
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another is quite overpowering. Susan only makes her day even more
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awkward by interrupting them in a clinch in John's room. But she must
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summon the Captain to Londo's quarters immediately. According to
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records from the Centauri government, Vir's refugees are all dead.
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Londo swells with pride for his protege
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until Vir bursts out with the truth that the Narn have all been saved,
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smuggled off Centauri Prime through Babylon 5 and other places,
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and the records falsified so no Centauri will come after them.
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In a day full of surprises, it is his bride who gives Vir the greatest
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of them all when she presents him with the second Narn bound and gagged
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on his chamber floor and ready for him to dispatch. She giggles at his
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discomfort, explaining that when she lived on Narn after the war she
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grew used to killing them. He grows more aghast at her callous attitude.
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<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/056/demote.jpeg">
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Mollari declares that Vir's embassy on Minbar has been terminated, and
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all records of his actions have been expunged. But what truly cuts Vir
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to the quick is Mollari's disappointment in him personally, and the fact
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that Lyndisty is being sent back to Centauri Prime, where her family
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will reevaluate the planned union.
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Sheridan becomes somewhat testy to find Ivanova using his office in C &
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C. But she claims to have found a purpose now, namely, using Vir's false
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authorization to continue the work of whisking a few Narn to safety.
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Vir sees Lyndisty to her ship. Each thinks the other is sick, but believes
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such odd notions about the Narn will pass with time. Vir kisses Lyndisty
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goodbye, and they both vow to stay true to each other.
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