Kala wasn’t looking forward to her counseling session, having ‘family issues’ and being kicked out of your home as a young adult meant that Starfleet took a particular interest in your mental health and ensured you did quarterly check-ups with a counselor. Now she had been assigned to a ship the process would have to start again. The thought caused her stomach to do a little cartwheel before settling again.

Walking up to the counselor’s office Kala was holding a small jar with a maple leaf engraved into the front the contents gold in color and extremely sweet looking. One of the other scientists aboard had recommended bringing a jar. Kala was still undecided if it was a joke but she figured that anything to help with the smooth transition aboard was worth trying so she looked through the ship’s database and found maple syrup, a syrup made from xylem sap of sugar maple and fondly a part Canadian Culture. Raising her free right hand she pressed the door chime.

~Ens. Kala Gorvel