Seven Words in TNG

more important than anything, and to make

 

sure to contribute to wildlife preservation funds.

 

"Number One, gazelles can't talk," Picard said,

 

giving his first officer a look that

 

signaled him to activate security force fields

 

around the talking gazelle and confine it

 

to whichever cargo bay isn't being used

 

at that moment for hauling Spican flame

 

turtles. The gazelles didn't go quietly. But

 

that's what the agonizer was for.

"But

 

...what if it accidentally triggers and renders

 

Picard's and Riker's chairs and gave orders

 

that no-one understood.

"I don't understand gazelle,"

 

Geordi admitted with a frown. "I've never

 

seen one this angry before. I mean

 

...well...INTELLIGENT. Do you think it's a

 

Vulcan Vlak of some sort or that

 

gazelle-like creature from Rigel IV that

 

looked like it was going to do