Posted by Lieutenant Surra Almikaz (Chief of Psychiatry) in Counselling Suite- Myqian, Day 2

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Counselling Suite- Myqian, Day 2

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Her eyes widened. “Oh no, not at all! I thought maybe he’d try but my working hypothesis was that I had embarrassed him and he was lashing out. The less I reacted to him, the sooner it would calm. Not unlike the way a small child having a tantrum will eventually stop when they realize they aren’t getting attention. Once I was gone I was no longer the source of anything.” Myqian shrugged.

Commander Myqian, XO

Surra was relieved to hear he hadn’t tried to contact her after leaving. “That’s good.” she said with a relieved smile, “However, I do have a question. Why do you think this man has resurfaced in your consciousness? Especially since you were able to get away from him? I mean something about him, the experiences you encountered because of him, is bothering you. I am thinking you must feel some kind of uneasiness or danger from him. Is he still in Starfleet? Do you think that everything he did was specifically to target you or do you think he has the tendency to be this way with others too? Is your concern that he may have changed his target to some other female who is serving under him? She knew if was a barrage of questions, but she really wanted Dira to think about why this man was connected to the way she was feeling.

Almikaz, CoP

Dira sighed as she gathered the thoughts that had been sitting in the back of her mind for a few days now. “I think, and at this point I can only speculate based on my experience, that it has to do with something that happened between Lieutenant Bonner and I during the security breach that triggered all of this. I went to see her and in the course of our discussion, my mind skimmed feelings and right or wrong I reacted. She took it badly and left. I’ve been around enough people who are uncomfortable with telepaths over the years to know what that feels like and I know that this is the situation between us. I didn’t mean to make her uncomfortable, but at this point we are… not at odds, but not exactly friends either. That’s fine. I don’t require everyone to like me in order to be first officer. But I think it’s brought up that self-doubt I have in relation to my abilities. The inability to fully shield isn’t a problem, but that wasn’t the first time it’s caused strife. I try hard not to take action based on it knowing it’s often only a piece of the picture but sometimes under stress I forget.” She shrugged. “I’ve always been pretty social, but I am struggling to find my place as XO here. To be Dira again. Séan accused me of divorcing the different parts of myself and he’s not wrong. William Franks definitely played a role in that and it’s something I’m going to have to wrok on.”

Commadner Myqian, XO