Evening Meal

Previously...

The three of them moved over to the table and took their seats. Aki and Chu started to eat, but J'ross just stared at her plate.

"It's from a pig, an Earth animal." Aki said. "I'm not totally upto date with Caitian and their eating habits, but I wasn't aware that you were vegetarians."

"We're not." J'ross stated. "Originally we were carnivores, but we were also hunted down as prey. Our ancestors started to change their diets and today we're more Omnivores. The change in diet also changed our evolution, from a more savage beast into the intelligent life-form we are today. It's just so long since I've seem real meat, let alone eat it."

Now....

She picked up her own knife and fork and started to eat her meal. It was a different thing to see. For one thing, the good sized piece she cut off was gone in about five seconds. Aki and Chu gave each other a quick glance as they tried to maintain objectivity to other species.

"Hungry tonight ?" Chu asked with a glint of a smile on his face.

M'eko glanced up at him and gave a short laugh. "Actually, I just have a bigger throat with stronger digestive muscles then you do." She said trying to force back a large grin. "Oh, Captain. I meant to tell you that Lieutenant Wright was able to narrow down his list of Dominion activity started in the last six months. He is reviewing that in his quarters tonight." She said as she cut another piece of pork.

"We'll get something out of those reports. Intelligence seems to have a nasty habit of knowing more then the ship's CO does." Aki replied with a pang of annoyance in her voice. "But when they get the right info, it's invaluable. So it evens itself out." She added with a more positive tone.

M'eko finished off her pork after the fourth piece and slowly emptied the rest of the selections from her plate. It took about twenty minutes for Aki and Chu to finish their selections. Through that time, the three of them discussed the status of the ship, then started to talk about each other.

They all had a good time through it and when the evening finally ended, they all felt they knew each other better.

"Glad I got to meet you Chu." M'eko said with a smile. "It even got me to know that Captain a little better." She added with a glance at Aki.

"And me to get to know my XO." Aki replied.

"Well then, I'll see you on shift tomorrow, Captain." She said as she exited and went to her quarters to get to sleep. It had been a tiring day, but now she felt a lot more at ease with their new CO.