Spirals

"Do Vulcans have soulmates?" Jim asks before he can stop himself. The urge to leap before he looks has always been strong with Jim, and he loves the feeling of flying he gets when he doesn't know how far the ground is from his feet.

"They do," says Spock, "but they are rare."

They are both avoiding eye contact now.

"So, uh," Jim says after an awkward silence, "do you, uh, have a soulmate?"

And this is it, this is the ground rushing towards Jim's feet.