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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Royal shook his head. “‘Doctor-patient confidentiality is no longer enforceable when the doctor or patient commits heinous or criminal acts, or threatens the commission of such acts.’” Sinclair said with a grin. Of course he would be able to recite the legal nomenclature of a doctor’s interactions with their patient. “I had to learn that little tidbit during my stint on the Challenger as Security Chief.” and he smiled and shook his head at the memory. “Nothing like investigating your own crew to make friends.”

Sinclair, XO

Dira tensed and she couldn’t even explain what her unease was. Maybe it had been the numerous times since Franks kissed her on the Calypso that she had evaded her parents’ questions, especially after Dira had grown increasingly distressed about his behaviour after the away mission incident and his accusations against her. Or maybe it was just that right there: her having to defend herself against him time and and again. “I can imagine. I sometimes wondered what my crew thought after Franks accused me of insubordination and mutiny. It wasn’t a secret to anyone but him that people didn’t think super highly of him or his skills, but here was a strange scenario and at the time I was almost grateful to be confined to quarters just so I didn’t have to be privy to the errant thoughts and people questioning my intentions and character.”

Captain Myqian, CO

” I doubt anyone here would question such things.” Sinclair said and took a drink. “And I would be willing to bet real money that your family won’t either.” He gave her a crooked smile. “Besides, what would we say to someone struggling with a circumstance similar to yours? ‘Talk to those who love you. Let them help you put words to what happened and let them help you remember that you are not your trauma.”

Sinclair, XO

She smiled sadly. “And we both know that it’s one thing to know something intellectually, but quite another to accept it emotionally. It’s a process and I’m not quite there yet. This isn’t just about one event, Royal. This is a series of events and invasions that have affected me profoundly. I can’t just talk it out and everything will be okay. Not yet.” Dira reached for the bottle and finally refilled her drink glass again (a double), and knocked some back.

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal reached forward and moved the bottle just out of her easy reach. “And no one is saying you have to be okay, not all the time. You have to process as you can. What I am saying is don’t ever think you have to do it alone. You can come to me with the intellectual stuff anytime. But for the emotional? The real deep stuff? Maybe it would be easier opening those cans of worms with those who you feel safest with. Just a thought, not an order.” and he gave her a crooked smile.

Sinclair, XO

She held her glass tightly and all but sighed. “Who did you share all the things you went through over your career?” For Dira, the more grim realities of her service in Starfleet were not something she’d ever been able to talk to her parents about and she wasn’t she how to start now after all this time.

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal laid his head back and closed his eyes, happy for the warm numbness that was the drink. “Well, I dunnae have any family of my own. So I talk to a few really good friends. And I may or may not have created a holodeck program of my Granddad to talk with when I feel really down.” and he chuckled. ” Otherwise I use the Counselors on the ships or go to a civilian one I really trust when I am on Earth. But I’d give anything to have some family to lean on.”

Sinclair, XO

She nodded, more to herself than anything. “I can understand that,” Dira said. “It think in my case, it’s not that my parents aren’t loving and supportive, they very much are. But they don’t understand Starfleet. I’m the only one in my family to have ever served, Royal. There are realities I’ve never been quite able to make them see. And that’s okay. But when hard things happen, they see how horribly I’m struggling with those realities and they forget what drew me out here, what keeps me in this here when I could have walked away a number of times, the least of which being doing the post-war trauma circuits. They understand I have a calling and leave it there. But I already know that William was a touchy subject. They knew how unhappy I was but we all just struggled to do anything with it. I had to rush through because I knew better things awaited me.” She downed more of the whiskey, feeling some of the weight lift.

Captain Myqian, CO