Posted by Cadet George Haroon (Scientist) in Counsellors Office - Cadet Haroon Check In [tag Pilar]

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Pilar Halcyone (Counselor) in Counsellors Office - Cadet Haroon Check In [tag Pilar]

Pilar listened as he recounted his time with his father. After he was done she said, “All I hear you speak are words of admiration, gratitude, and of course love. If its not too much to ask, how did he die and where were you when he passed away?”

Halcyone, Counselor

“There was an accident. He had transferred to the engineering department (somehow) the year before, and was chief engineer of a ship, I actually don’t remember which. He was showing some new Ensigns how to repair the elevator, when it malfunctioned. He had been standing under it, and it nearly crushed him. One of the ensigns got it to go back up, and another one called for doctors. He was taken to sickbay, but it was too late. I was on the same ship, although I was in quarters when the accident happened. My mom and I got there just in time to hear his last words. I was right beside him holding his hand when he breathed his last.” Haroon finally sat down, sadness beginning to emerge on his face. He was starting to cry.

Cadet George Haroon (Science)

Counseling was always difficult when one of her patients had lost a family member. Sometimes she felt the urge to cry along with them. Pilar got up, grabbed tissues, walked over, and offered them to the Ensign as he sat down. “A great Queen from Earth once said “Grief is the price we pay for love.”, I can tell how much you loved your father and what he meant to you. Do not be ashamed to cry. Eventually, those tears will turn to only joyful memories of your father. In the meantime, I would have you try to focus on all those wonderful memories and not on the way he died or the what ifs.” She briefly placed her hand on his shoulder before she went back to her seat, “I would like to change the subject just a little. What was your motivation for joining Starfleet? Was it because your father was enlisted? If so, then tell me what does George Haroon, ” she pointed at the Cadet, “hope to accomplish during his service? ” The intention of the question was to determine what motivations, besides that of wanting to be like his father or follow in his footsteps, would keep the young Cadet enlisted in Starfleet.

Halcyone, Counselor