He remembered the first time he saw her. No, I didn’t see it, I felt it. It was like a punch in the gut. Like a tornado that almost knocked him off his feet. Like a supernova explosion in his mind. For the first time in thirty years, Tarian Starfleet Admiral Allard Sorn Dyler felt attracted to someone of the opposite sex. This was a priceless gift from the Universe. And only a few receive such gifts.