Posted by Civilian Jerrin Yeceb (Student) in Security Office- Adolescent Woes

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jerricho Range (Chief of Security) in Security Office- Adolescent Woes

Posted by Civilian Jerrin Yeceb (Student) in Security Office- Adolescent Woes

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Cass got up to her feet and moved around the desk, relinquishing it to her boss. She gave a long look to Jerrin who actually met her gaze this time and she could see he was oddly wistful. Briefly. Then he looked away so she simply gave a quizzical look and left the office.

Jerrin couldn’t help but sneak a look at Abrams as she left and then went back to mulling over what he would say to the chief.

“So, you’re just going to listen to whatever the engineer says, even if it’s not true?” the adolescent asked, not challenging though. He was more gauging the situation.

~Abrams & Jerrin

Following the boy’s eyes as he watched Cassidy leave, issue number two reared itself. “Well no, I’d pull the sensor logs, and well I can read minds so lying to me ain’t easy. How old are you now Jerrin?” a crush could help, or destroy any attempt to fix the kid easily. He’d need to have a talk with Cass about that he figured. Range paused and wondered why he had given up drinking it was so much easier.

Lt Cmdr Range

“Fifteen in your years, though apparently Tenraith mature faster, so probably older,” Jerrin said with a bit of pride. He was definitely a bit older, and he certainly wasn’t naive… about some things. Life in state care hadn’t exactly left him clueless, but at the same time he wasn’t used to operating in a tight knit community like the Europa.

~Jerrin

Range sat on the edge of the desk. He looked Jerrin up and down, considered for a long moment, over a sip of coffee. The boy was likely closer to 18 in physical maturity. That was a hard time for a boy, Range corrected himself, a young man, and he remembered the horrors of his own life at that age. He ran away from Betazed, refused the Academy to be a Counselor or diplomat instead, he joined the Marines, to be a baby killer as his father still like to call them. Ahhh the old man….Range tamped down on that thought before it went off on a Rabbit trail.

“What do you plan to do with your life when you are considered legally an adult? Join Starfleet, the Circus, or some tramp freighter as a 3rd shift operations crewman?”

Lt Commander Jerricho Range, CoS