Inasmuch as a Vulcan could 'hate' something, Spock hated winter. He'd had just enough time on Vulcan over the break to get accustomed to the hot, dry weather of his homeworld, and now he was back, and Tuesday morning saw him bundling up for the dash to his place of employment.

Once he arrived, he started tinkering with some of the less in-progress-looking materials, attempting to determine their purpose without breaking them. The technology of this time was, in its own way, fascinating.