A few minutes before her appointment time, Kaia arrived at the Counselor’s office, slinking in silently and with a slightly nervous expression on her face. The little alien found a chair and sat down, waiting. She glanced over at Dave and gave him a slight smile. The Yeoman smiled back. “I’ll let her know you’ve arrived,” he said softly.

She was here for two reasons. Firstly, she was part of the bridge crew. Secondly, she was somewhat of a regular around here, having visited the previous counselor regularly for help dealing with the various issues she found herself struggling with. Being the lone native of her planet in an entire quadrant was taking a toll on her, emotionally. Primarily, her file would note that she experienced her species’ equivalents of depression and ADD, and was on a twice-monthly program of meetings with a counselor to talk about how she was doing with her regimen of therapy.

Kaia, Engineer