Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Executive Officer) in Lounge- Contemplations

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aasrel Izei (Chief Medical Officer) in Lounge- Contemplations

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Executive Officer) in Lounge- Contemplations

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She gave a throaty chuckle. “Oh I know. Let’s just say I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t been able to do what was required.” Shara’s playing paused as her mind drifted elsewhere and she had to wrench her attention from the past and firmly plant herself in the present. She steadied her breathing to calm her suddenly racing heart and went back to playing, letting each chord be an anchor.

“So what do you do when you’re not working?” she asked.

~Shara Calloway, CIO

“Oh, just read mostly,” Aasrel replied with a shrug. He noticed her internal struggle but mentioned nothing. He tried to think of something else to say, but… He didn’t really do anything else anymore. Bethany was trying to get him to pick up some of his old hobbies, but he was still reluctant to do so.

~ Izei, CMO

“What do you like to read?” she asked, shifting the song into an old folks song she had heard when she was younger. It was an isolated memory that she could keep barriers around where everything else from that time couldn’t get near enough to touch.

~Shara Calloway, CIO

“Medical things, some fantasy. That type of thing.” He nodded towards the instrument she played, “You play anything besides that?” He asked curiously.

~ Izei, CMO

Shara nodded and broke into an amused smile. “I actually started out playing the piano from a young age. My mother was classically trained and played for the local orchestra on the side. The piano has always been my first musical love, but I didn’t have access to one in the Delta Quadrant and I had learned guitar after I got married.” She patted her guitar. “This was a gift from my crewmates and is one of the few objects I own that I actually would be devastated to lose.”

~Shara Calloway, CIO

Aasrel smiled. “It’s a beautiful instrument.” He thought for a moment and then asked, “What kind of music do you like playing the most?”

~ Izei, CMO