The new counselor had arrived on board and Shedda, not only to set an example, but she was due for her yearly evaluation. Shedda never avoided these as she understood the need for them and she never really understood why others went so far out of their way to avoid it. Shedda was a very private person so she didn’t turn to the counselor every time she had a hard decision to make or doubted herself. She worked through them on her own, but if she couldn’t right to the counselor’s office she would go.

And not only her own evaluation to cover, Shedda wanted to meet the newest person on the senior staff. Songz was not an officer, in fact she was civilian and through an exchange program, and Shedda had never spoken with a non-Fleet counselor. She was interested to see how the experience and perspectives might be different. With that in mind Mal’athar arrived promptly at the office on deck 8 at 1400 for her meeting with the new counselor. She pressed the chime and waited.

Mal’athar, XO