Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in CO’s Quarters- Reunions

Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in CO’s Quarters- Reunions

Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in CO’s Quarters- Reunions
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“I think I’m so used to people shying away from ‘the shrink’ that the separation that comes with being in command doesn’t feel all that different. It saddens me sometimes, but I am trying to make that better. Or rather, I was. Recent events have not made that particularly easy.”

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal nodded. “It’ll take time. Not just for them to come around, but for you to find your style as well. And that’s fine. It should come organically. It will be more genuine than if you tried to force it.”

Sinclair, XO

“What about you? How are you feeling as XO now that’s you’ve been on the ship a little while? How do you feel about Corinne deciding to stay on board?”

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal smiled. “Pretty solid about one, pleasantly curious about the other… still slighltly nervous I’ll mess up both.” and he laughed. “But one thing g is true for both… they are never boring, that’s for certain.”

Sinclair, XO

“Certainly not on this ship. I don’t think I’ve had a month here I could rightly call boring. And if the Admiral didn’t warn you about that before you arrived, I’d say you got tossed in the fire,” she said with a grin.

Dira held out her glass for a refill.

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal obliged and then said “I was warned, but until we were docking.” he said with a laugh. “Too little, too late I think is the saying.”

Sinclair, XO

She laughed and then took a sip. “At least youhad a ship when you arrived. Mine was a mess and I reported into Captain Taylor at Starbase. Wasn’t expecting such a nice ship for my first command stint but hey, I’ll take it and I’m grateful.”

Dira settled more deeply into her seat and gazed upwards for a moment. “It came up in conversation with Commander Walker a little while ago, and I’ve somewhat avoided doing anything about it, but my mother is starting to bug me about it and I’ve tried to give vague answers.” She blew out a breath. “I might need time away from the Ogawa and it would posibly mean taking our Chief of Security with me.”

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal shrugged. “I’ll keep a light on in the window for you.” was all he said. He downed his drink and exhaled slowly. “And don’t worry about it. I told you… I’m here to have your back. If that means a vacation, so be it. Besides…” and he grinned at her, “… it’s not like I don’t know how to be a Security Chief when the need arises.”

Sinclair, XO

Dira blinked and then laughed. “You know, I had momentarily forgotten,” she said with another chuckle.

“Vacation might be a part of it, but my mother is getting re-married and she really wanted me to be there. They’ve been together for years and aren’t in any rush, but… she told me about this a little while after we got the new ship,” she said, quirking a brow. That had been a few years now. “Things just kept coming up and I couldn’t get away.” Never mind that she hadn’t actually had any proper R&R since she had gotten here. And then there would be the rest of recent events that she’d have to contend with and there would be no where to hide amongst a bunch of telepaths.

Captain Myqian, CO

He smiled slightly and shrugged. “Do what you have to, Skipper. I’ll make sure the children play nice while you are gone.”

Sinclair, XO

Dira nodded and sipped more from her emptying glass. She sat forward, leaning towards him with a strangely shy smile. “I’m nervous. About going to the wedding. For a lot of reasons but also because it’s the first time I’ve brought anyone home to meet my family since Paige. Over a decade, Royal. I know they will be kind about it, at least my parents will be, but it’ll be everyone else. And it’s hard to hide that sort of speculation from me when my mother’s side are all telepaths.”

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal set his glass down and leaned forward, his eyes staring hard into her. “Dira, I want to listen to me, okay? Hear what it is I’m sayinging.” He took a breath and then said “It doesn’t matter what they say or think. Not in the grand scheme of things. You and Haven… you are what you are. No one else’s opinion on the two of ya matter. Yeah, words and thoughts can hurt. But you can’t let that change you two. So do me a favor. Remember what I’m about to say when the judgements and the lack of respect for your boundaries start to feel like they are too much. “He looked at her I gently for a long moment and then said “F×<k ‘em. You live your life on your terms. Not theirs. And if they wanna be gossipy little s#!ts, then let ‘em.” He leaned back, but kept his eyes on Dira. “At the end of the day, the only two beings who get to have any kinda opinion that matters on you and how you live your life and who you love are you and Haven. The rest can go soak their heads.”

Royal

Dira couldn’t help but grin and nod. “Thank you for that. I will hold that in my mind. In some ways that gossip would be easier than noticing that I’m… not quite well. It’s the trick with telepaths. Even if when we are not reading your thoughts, we are very aware of emotion still. I can keep mental shields up, but I don’t want to block everyone out. I do want to feel a part of the event. I’m just super grateful she’s marrying a Denobulan,” she said with a laugh. At least half the people there wouldn’t be telepaths.

Captain Myqian, CO