Posted by Commander Siadra Enai (Executive Officer) in Calloway’s Quarters - A shoulder to lean on? Someone to vent to?

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Calloway’s Quarters - A shoulder to lean on? Someone to vent to?

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So much to say and so little she wanted to. It was the usual dilemma. She had gone through both flight and fight and now was sitting at freeze. Pale grey-blue eyes gazed down into her glass. “Too much is being asked of me and there’s no way to say no.” Micah’s words in the conference room rolled around in her head and it just made her angrier. She knocked back the liquor easily and poured herself another glass.

Commander Calloway, CIO

Siadra felt the anger rise again in the older woman and took a deep breath before downing the rest of her drink and refilling her glass once more as well. Fixing her eyes on Shara, her gaze intent, almost piercing though in a strange way full of compassion, she simply asked, “Why?”

~Cmdr. Enai, XO

“Because I swore an oath, just like everyone else, and my sense of duty won’t let me. I can walk away, but I’d hate myself for it, but staying means…” She shook her head and met the intense gaze of Enai’s. “I can tell I’m affecting you and I hate myself for it. I’ve lost my composure and that can get myself and others killed. I’m almost useless to you right now because my symptoms are flaring and it’s not going to get better. But… I’m the best damn agent for this mission. I know it. The Gents know it. And Intelligence knows it. So the way I see it, I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place and just have to suck it up no matter what it costs me.”

Commander Calloway, CIO