art by Teegar

..."That is typical of Turgenev. He thought love was a primal force, something sudden and overpowering, utterly irresistible. And by that standard, I don't think I've ever fallen in love with anyone." "What? Never? Oh, come on. What about Veronique?" Chekov considered the interesting question of Ensign Veronique de Luz. "What about her?" he replied noncommittally. "Well, before her, I've seen you with other women..." "I've found some women very attractive, and sometimes the same women have found me attractive, although on the whole, there's been a surprising degree of mismatching..." "I know. It's terribly inefficient, isn't it?"

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