[Pavel will be amazed by the self-inking quill. Handwriting is largely a lost art by the twenty-third century with the ease of tablets and all sorts of electronics, making anything resembling actual pens oddities. Not everyone appreciates throwbacks to humanity's earlier centuries, but Pavel is utterly fascinated by such things.]

If Spock does anything, I will refer him to you. [Pavel doesn't protest the hair-ruffling this time. If anything, he leans closer to encourage Ginny to continue, doing a fine impersonation of a sand-covered poodle.] Okay, okay--not until Christmas. But it will need to be very impressive. At home, giving good gifts frequently is the best way to assure a friend that they are important.