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Posted by Fleet Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Ready Room - Long Distance Charges Are Gonna Kill Our Budget

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Faye smiled at him with warmth. =/\=I suppose I could argue with you on that, but I do know that it would be pointless,=/\= she said.

Bracing her elbows on the desk and lacing her fingers together, Faye was quiet and contemplative for a moment as she seemed to hold her breath for a moment. =/\=Alex… I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. I think I only just realized now talking to you that that is what the unease is right now. Everything in my life is good, amazing even. And it’s only got better in the last while, despite all the hard stuff, despite the changes, and going to Orion. But… if feels to good to be true. I know in my head that isn’t true, that I’ve paid my dues and earned some peace, but there’s this strange edge to everything, like something will jump out and cut my if I’m not careful.=/\= The vulnerability that she only ever showed a select few people was splashed across her face as she gazed at her person, her best friend.

~Faye Calloway, USS Athena CIO

Alex smiled slightly, but inside he took a deep breath. One of the hardest lessons he ever had to learn would be even harder for Faye to with how her mind worked. “Listen to me. One thing you have to get out of your head is that there is something waiting for you. There isn’t. Life isn’t set up like that. Life is a journey. We take roads and paths and trails as we choose; and those take us to different places. Some of them good… some not so much. But the only thing that remains constant is that we keep traveling. You have reached a good spot. You’ll reach bad ones… that’s a given. Especially in our line of work. Just live in your moment, Faye. Enjoy the good times and let the bad ones come as they will. We can’t stop them… but we can accept them and make the best of them when they come.”

Alex

Faye inhaled a shaky breath. =/\=I know… I do, but…=/\= Faye shook her head and gazed off, suddenly lost for the right words. The years had tallied up hard lately and it seemed she was all too aware of the score.

~Faye Calloway, USS Athena CIO

Alex smiled. “No, you don’t know. You are aware… but you haven’t internalized it. And that is wholly and completely normal, Faye. Circumstance has piled a lot on you in the past. It makes it hard to separate those times into individual moments. And we as humans seek patterns and balance in everything. Probably because we are so chaotic. We yearn for a balance. It’s just how we are. You see all the negatives you have had, and now you have a positive. So naturally, you think something has to balance that out… but it doesn’t. Life just is… and right now yours is amazing. So enjoy it, Faye. You are allowed to be happy.”

Alex

After a few moments, Faye exhaled and nodded. =/\=Stay tuned… we’ll see how it goes. But I guess I should go. My Mentor has ordered me to go to the holodeck, which is a bloody weird order to follow, but not the first weird one he’s given me, and I’d hate to think what he’d do if I disobeyed this particular order.=/\=

~Faye Calloway, USS Athena CIO

“Oh, it would be most unpleasant, I can assure you.” he said with a grin. “Probably something like sober karaoke or poem recitations from the collected works of some obscure Pakled poet.” and he chuckled. “Go on, Commander. And enjoy your happiness. That’s an order, too.”

Alex