Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH

Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH

Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH

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Corinne shook her head. “No, can’t say I ever did. I spent most of my time either with my studies or helping out on the farm. And then later with ballet. Then I went to Academy and was focused on all of that. But it does seem like it would be rather exhilarating, and maybe peaceful in its own way. You can’t fight nature there. You have to work with it. Or so I understand…”

~Corinne Dalton

“It’s more about understanding just how far you can push your limits with nature,” he explained and smiled, then swung his leg over the horses back and slid to the ground. “It’s partly a battle, partly a partnership. You never let yourself think you have come to an agreement because nature will simply change the terms of the agreement. You get it right, and it is breathtaking how free and powerful you can feel, even while knowing you are tiny and insignificant at the exact same moment. There is nothing quite like it.” Giving Cash a rub along his neck, he turned and began to walk slowly towards the water, watching the sand around him and picking up the odd sea shell.

Captain Knight, CO

Smiling at the Captan’s poetic side, Cori slipped off Lacey and led the mare towards the shore. “I used to sneak away here when things got really stressful. Especially after my parents died. I never spent a lot of time on or in the water, but a good many hours spent on the beach. Usually reading and studying. I wasn’t going to get into Starfleet by my pointe shoes,” she said with a grin.

~Corinne Dalton

“Oh I don’t know about that,” Dante laughed, “plenty of Starfleet Admirals make a career by dancing around a stage looking good.” He came to a stop a few feet from the water line and looked out over the ocean. “You know, no matter what world I’m on the sea never changes. It might change colour, maybe the smell, but the sound is always the same. I can close my eyes and imagine I am anywhere in the galaxy just by the sound of the ocean.” He looked at one of the shells he had picked up and ran his thumb over it, then flipped it so the curve was on the top. Drawing his arm back, he threw the shell forwards and the air caught underneath the curve, lifting the shell high on the breeze where it hung for moments, before dropping back down again with a plop into the waves.

“Always the same,” he grinned. “If there is any better counselor or listener than the sea, I have yet to find one. I can understand why you came here back then, even now. As a boy I did much the same back home, be it a lake or the ocean.”

Captain Knight, CO