“Gosh,” Pilar thought to herself, “I almost feel like I don’t belong here. It’s been so long since I was last on a starship” She shook her head and put her left hand on her forehead as she walked toward sickbay. Her confidence was not at its highest and she felt ashamed of it because she knew she needed to display high-quality confidence for her new role; especially as a psychological evaluator who was going to be advising the crew on their mental health and the motivator to the new cadets who were just starting their Star-Fleet careers. Even though, Pilar had a good reason for feeling like she did. The journey to the Challenger had not been a good one because she had gotten motion sickness, thrown up, and then briefly passed out after she left the atmosphere of New Vulcan in the shuttle. All of this was after being on a three-year maternal leave of absence after finding out she was pregnant with her third child. Pilar experienced complications during the entire gestation and after delivering a healthy daughter, she had a hard time recovering due to the blood incapability disorder she had with the previous two pregnancies. This time the blood incompatibility disorder was worse because it caused a little damage to some of her organs which was nearly fatal. She thought she would not ever be able to return to duty, but here she was, and in the words of her husband she, “… had to pull herself together to be an exceptional counselor and show Captain Rhodes that he had made the best choice to fill the role.”
“Yes, sir.” She whispered to herself then smiled as she walked into sickbay for her medical evaluation.

Halcyone, Counselor