"Be observant and take nothing for granted,” she said. 
I watched her as she smoothed a wrinkle from her stockings. 
“You will be tripped up by your assumptions, so leave nothing
to chance.”
She blinked her dark brown eyes at me and fluttered her thick
lashes in a comical fashion, before she continued saying,
“Observe, calculate, project and then act, but don’t let appearances
cloud your judgement.”
“How do I do that?” I asked.
She twisted her strong, youthful frame this way and that in front
of me, as if she were checking the drape of her long dress in the
reflection of a non-existent mirror.
“Be patient, watch and listen, not just to the words, but to the
feelings they inspire,” she sighed.  Straightening the straps on her
glistening shoulders, she added, “Then observe those feelings, as
if they belonged to someone else.  Examine them from all angles
and be sure that you have understood what was said and what you
have witnessed.  No assumptions, remember.”
She fussed with the wide brim of her straw hat and glanced down
at her high-heeled shoes.
“Be as neutral as possible,” she stated, “In calculating… this is not
for the sake of trickery, but merely for ensuring that you have not
added falsehoods, nor incorrectly subtracted from the truth of what
was imparted to you, to create an artificial conclusion, based on the
result that YOU would prefer.” She flicked at the curls of her ebony
ponytail and said, “Then, only when you have patiently worked through
everything I have mentioned, then, without reflection or affectation,
or the need for approval… act.”
“That’s good advice,” I commented.
“Yes, but will you follow it?” she inquired, turning to me with a
mischievous smile. “So, how do I look?”

Take Nothing For Granted…
by Annyash760

©2009 Annyash760.

The Team on Fringe in: “Since There Is More Than One of Everything” ...as NEVER seen on Fringe, Season One.

A tribute to my favorite characters from Fringe.

Agent Dunham and Astrid in the Harvard Lab.

Peter Bishop walks into Walter’s Harvard laboratory followed by FBI Agent Phillip Broyles and Special Agent Olivia Dunham.  Astrid is working at her computer, while Walter Bishop is standing in the middle of the lab staring into space.  His eyes have a glazed look to them and his pupils are dilated.

Peter: Walter?  WALTER!
Walter: Hmm?
Peter: Walter, why’re you wearing women’s underwear in the lab?
Walter: Would you rather I did this back at the hotel?
Astrid: He’s been standing there like that, for two hours… Walter?  Why are you wearing women’s lingerie in the lab?
Walter: I’m examining the potential effects of sensory deprivation, caused by wearing a thong, on my ability to open a portal into an alternate universe.
Peter: Huh?
Agent Broyles: I thought you’d already built a device that did that.
Walter: I did, but this is so much better.
Agent Dunham: I think I’m having another bout of déja vu.

by Annyash760 - Tributes 2009