'Captain, I can read your thoughts also, and I must protest!' exclaimed the Doctor, indignant once again.
'Your crew are not weird people, your ship isn't good, and were this a farm, our presence here would make it the funniest farm within 1000 miles of the Flat Earth Society HQ'.
Captain
@DavidFirth wondered if Doctor Sphinx had purposely rephrased his thoughts in a way they could both agree - in a manner of speaking. However, he was unable to think long about it, as the doctor plunked a platefull of delicious, steaming ribs onto the table in front of him.
'Hmmmmm...' considered the Captain thoughtfully. 'Whatever it was that Sam91 did to Doctor Sphinx, and whatever side-effects there are for him, it is worth it so long as these ribs keep coming.' He briefly considered having all new crew members report to Sam91 for similar treatment, to ensure optimal performance.
'Have you considered Scotland?' the doctor interrupted his thoughts.
'Scotland?' repeated the Captain incredulously.
'Scotland,' repeated the Doctor, figuring this was some sort of game where the last one to say 'Scotland' is the winner.
'Can anything good come out of Scotland?' asked the Captain rudely, trying to sound like Nathanael from John 1:46.
'Come and see,' answered Doctor Sphinx, trying to sound like Philip from the same verse. 'Besides, several good things come to mind already, and we'd be going to build churches - bible-based churches, mind you - not to see what interesting souvenirs we can pick up.'
'Very well', replied Captain Firth. 'Scotland it is.'
At that point,
@Lost4words burst in. 'All hands on deck!' he cried. 'We're under attack by Ks and Ks of WDs.'
Grabbing the staser that he believed Sam91 had repaired - 'sometimes
@Sam91 doth cleaveth together, and sometimes Sam91 doth cleaveth in twain' - Doctor Sphinx followed Lost4Words to where the Wasplike-Dragonflies were attacking the ship. And in this context, 'attacking' was somewhat of an understatement.
The CF crew must have felt quite overwhelmed, but eventually, with the doctor wielding his staser, with Lost4Words his gru-super-dupa-wasp-killer and Sam91 her ninja-skills and yarmulke-of-dexterity-for-the-sinistra, the WDs finally beat a hasty retreat.
'We did it', panted the noseless, but thanks to Sam's kind words, still-self-confident doctor.
It was then that the CF crew realised the tragedy - the illustrious sinistra had been stung by the cruel insects. At once, Dr. S, L4W and even the
@GreenWizard raced to her side. They carefully lifted her and carried her to the medical bay, where the Captain had arranged for
@*LILAC to apply soothing aloe vera ointment to her stings, while the others waited outside the treatment room.
When asked how they could help, Sam91 requested someone read the bible to her, so Doctor Sphinx ordered Lost4Words to read from Galatians 5:16 - 25, to make up for L4Ws behaviour the previous day/night. Doctor Sphinx also ordered that Lost4Words read from the ESV, as Sam91 is only half as pretentious as the doctor, so the KJV would have been going too far.
'But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.'
