Tachyon, looking resplendent in a white brocade dressing gown, nodded distantly to McCoy.

Voler stared for a few seconds and then nodded distantly, his mind seemingly on a different track.

Winslade nodded distantly as he stared out over the city.

Killeen nodded distantly, staring at a particularly spectacular eruption.

She nodded distantly, her gaze distracted.

She merely nodded distantly, as though they'd met on a ship sometime, and sat down.

Massey nodded distantly as his mind raced to absorb the implications of what was being said.

He glanced at Paul, nodded to him distantly, and said: "Dinner ready?"

The King nodded distantly "All of the defensive positions are established."

She nodded distantly, and I ran out of things to say.