Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Ready Room- Work & Life

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Ready Room- Work & Life

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“Oh no, addictive entertainment,” she said with a grin. “Well, it does sound like it might be worth the risk, count me in. Just name the time.”

“I have some off duty time next week if you fancy it after your shift ends.” She replied

“Let’s make a plan of it then,” Dira said with a grin.

For a moment Dira just gazed at Willow, and void of being able to sense the woman’s mind, she was using the rest of her skills. “You know, I know I still have a bit of self-doubt, and that it’s all a part of the learning process, but thank you, Willow. Some captains might have just brushed off my worries as inconsequential and told me to get over it. I appreciate you truly listening and I guess reassuring me too.”

Commander Myqian, XO

With a grin Willow said “I appreciate you coming to talk to me. Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the rank and procedure of everything and forget that the crews we have and the connections they share are just as important as the positions they hold and the jobs they do. More so in fact. We are starfleet officers certainly but we are people too.”

Willow Taylor
CO

Dira nodded as she smiled. “I guess I surprised myself too by the wave of doubt. I’m so used to being confident in my abilities that it’s disconcerting to be so off-balance right now. But I guess that too makes for a good experience I can share with others when they encounter it.” She rose from the desk, taking her glass with her and recycled it in the replicator.

Hands akimbo, she gazed at Willow. “Thank you also for being a friend. With Bob gone I don’t have people with the same reference points and I think I’m missing the inside jokes a little. The growing pains of moving up and people moving on in Starfleet I guess.”

Commander Myqian, XO