Posted by Fleet Captain Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Captain’s Quarters - Fayth Visiting

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”..Oh I didn’t know that. I thought the Academy taught a survival course. Huh ok..” She said finishing up her plate, she took up the other finished dishes from Fayth and Drudoc to return them to the replicator for reprocessing.

“You’re correct. There is a survival course, but the medical training that is part of it only covers a little more than basic first aid. I hope, that eventually my program will become part of the required survival training.”

”..Oh I see!” Tel’eck said finishing up her clean up. “..Mom, I’m going to go work on my homework now ok?” She said.

”..Of course Tel’eck let us know if you need help at any point.” Drudoc replied.

Getting a bit of a wave the younger girl said, “..Yeah yeah Mom, it’s only my programming work to do yet, I can handle it!” she said confidently, entering her room then and closing the door, leaving the two officer’s on their own.

Smiling a bit lovingly at her daughter’s help, Drudoc returned her attention to Fayth. “..So Ensign, tell me some of what seems to plague your mind.” She said changing the subject some. “..When we met you seemed indecisive about visiting the counseling department, unless I missed my mark on judging your actions.” She said.

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Not surprised by the captains observation of her emotional turmoil, but surprised by her question and perhaps her interest, “Oh. Well I..” She took a deep breath, might as well just dive in. It wouldn’t look good for her career to avoid a direct question from one’s commanding officer. “I’m sure you reviewed my history and you know about my…unique…gift.” She still had trouble, sometimes, like now, seeing it as a gift and not a sickness. “Because of that I’m supposed to see the counselor every week. I’m not due for a few more days, but I received a letter today. I’m concerned,” she tugs her hair absently. Those who know her well know that tugging her hair or rubbing her temples are clear signs of distress, “that I’ve really hurt a friend of mine.” The last comes out on barely a whisper.

En Fayth, Science

”..I’m aware of your gift to a degree, such as it is available to the public and how it might effect your performance. I must say, that so far I feel you are doing an admirable job in coping with its difficulties.” She said to the first part.

“I’m doing better than I expected. It’s quite a change actually. Challenger and Europa would fit inside of Ark Angel. There are a lot more people here.” But, what Sharah wouldn’t say because it wasn’t kind, although, to her, truthful, was the mental personality of the crew on Ark Angel was much easier to deal with. Even though there were so many more people.

To the last whispered bit she clearly caught it and added. “..How would you have hurt your friend?” She asked.

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Sharah looked away thinking. There were some things about Ashlyn she was restricted from saying. Looking back at the captain. “The previous counselor on the ship we served on felt that we were…she didn’t like that we had served our cadet tour together and then we were assigned to a new ship together and even bunked together. It certainly wasn’t our choice, or a request that we made. She also felt…I’m not sure. She had a very shielded mind, so I don’t know one way or the other, but our conversations always left me feeling like she thought I was dangerous.” She doesn’t exactly shrug. “It’s not a new concept to me. But my friends letter…she said the counselor doesn’t want her to talk to me anymore.”

“See, Ashlyn was an orphan and we got very close. We both have unique....medical concerns and we helped each other.” She pauses. “I don’t mean to be vague. I know some things about her because I was her doctor and because of that I can’t divulge without her permission. But it was…good for us. We could be ourselves without worrying about the consequences if we were bunked with a stranger. She’s had a hard time adjusting since I left. And now…” Sharah trails off. She loves being on Ark Angel. But she is carrying a lot of guilt and worry about it.
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