The standard deal: beverages and a choice of seating. All designed, if not consciously to tell the counsellor something about her. Faye didn’t care really, and in a way it was a familiar routine. “Coffee please, black,” she said as she beelined for one of the chairs.

~Faye Calloway, Mission Specialist

Rollo made her way to the seating area after a quick pass by the replicator. She set a steaming cup on the coffee table for Calloway and took her own to the couch where she made herself comfortable on one end.

“Thanks,” Calloway said simply.

“Your personnel and medical records read more like a holo novel than those of a Starfleet officer. I must say you’ve had an interesting and varied life up to this point. In general, how are you feeling about your assignment here on the Manhattan?”

—Rollo, CNS

The impulse was to laugh aloud, but faye managed to restrain herself and simply smirked for a moment. She sipped her coffee to give herself a moment to collect her thoughts. Her facial features relaxed as she gazed at Rollo, taking in this new person who would be (willingly or not) in the mix of her life. “You know… when I first boarded I was, nervous and wary. I think I had every right to be. I mean, I went into this knowing it was my last chance. Whatever anyone else said, I knew that if I couldn’t make this work I was done in Starfleet. The time would have come for me to stop forcing it to work. But… much to my surprise, it’s been… good.” She was genuinely surprised every time it floated into her head. Somehow, against all odds, it was working and she was doing okay. Well, even. It was novel.

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist

Calloway was a special case and Zef wanted to treat her as such.Not with kid gloves, but with plain dialog that would be difficult to misconstrue. The woman had been through many hardships during developmental years that had helped shape the person she was now. She had occasional issues with others that spiraled into physical confrontations and had been labeled with a personality disorder that required monitoring. But she was also said to be a brilliant scientist. Time would tell.

“Why don’t you tell me how you feel about these mandatory appointments?” Depending on what Calloway said, Rollo would know better how to approach her therapy.

—Rollo, CNS