Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Solal Segal (Oncology and Immunology) in Side sim - A Concert for the Ages

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side sim - A Concert for the Ages

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Achilleas shrugged in response. “To get better at something? Were you satisfied with how you played? I thought we did well but there is room for improvement. We don’t need to play or practice if you don’t want to.” He stretched his shoulders and set the cello on the stand next to him. “Why were you alone playing the violin? Why no orchestra playing with you?”

CSO Petrakos

“My performance was… less than adequate on that song.” He said, placing the violin’s bow on the music stand. His next question was harder to answer. He did not want to call it ‘embarrassment’, because that was… too human. But that seemed the only word that came to mind in response. But he could answer the last part. “I never played in an orchestra. I had private lessons.” He responded with a shrug. “So I am not accustomed to playing with others.”

~ Lt JG Solal, Doctor

“What do you think of doing a duet then?” Achilleas asked. “Could you feel energy as we played off of each other?” He wasn’t trying to convince Solal that he needed to practice or that they needed to play together again. However he was regretful over untapped potential and Solal had a decent foundation. Some polishing and practice of a song would show great results.

CSO Petrakos