“I understand that if I want to survive…I must cooperate…anyway, who knows, I might like life on your world if you’ll give me the chance.” You say wisely as you hand the blade over to her.
She looks at it. “Sorry to deceive you, but it was a test.” The Minbari throws away the blade into the trash and looks at you, “We don’t make mistakes that easily…never forget.” The young Minbari smiles brightly, “Nevertheless, I knew you’d pass the test, now we need to go on.” The Minbari brings you to a door. “A test of merit…and trust…and memory…two doors, if you choose option A, go through the left door, if you choose option B, go through the right door.”
You look at the doors, something is fishy about this. “What about option C?”
The Minbari looks at you and smiles, “Your more clever then we thought,” she pauses, “Very well then…I’m afraid that those who choose option C never made it this far.”
“What happened to them?”
The female Minbari looks at you strictly, but then sighs, “I can’t say…just be glad you choose what you choose, but there is more choices you must make…like these doors.”
You are about to open a door, but you turn to clarify which door is which. “I know this is wrong, and that I fail the memory test, but what was option A and B again?”
The Minbari’s smile widens, “Very good…passed this test…never trust memory! Always trust truth…Option A was the leg and arm bionics with the translator, and Option B was the advance respiratory system and external defense structure with bionic legs.”
You smile and nod…now you remember…