Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Counselor) in Dasca’s Apartment- Aftermaths are Messy

Posted by Captain Eela Dasca (Lt. Governor) in Dasca’s Apartment- Aftermaths are Messy

Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Counselor) in Dasca’s Apartment- Aftermaths are Messy

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“Having a team seems to be very important to you, and you’ve mentioned before how important connection is for you.” Mika paused in thought, and then, “I want you to think about who is your team now. Who can you talk to get a differing perspective from your own. even if you don’t agree with how they see it, you know they have your best interest at heart and are doing their best to support you. Different perspectives can be important. They can help us see things in different ways, often think of things we previously hadn’t.”

“Then I want you to call the friend you mentioned earlier… Roger. You said he said he saw this coming earlier but didn’t know or didn’t feel he should broach the subject. Talk to him about what he saw, talk to him about the times Cory flip-flopped on you and how you see it now and if he agrees you are right. Roger was there then so he has a very unique point of view to offer that we can’t get just between you and I here in this office. I want you to do that before the next time we meet. It’ll be your homework.”

~ Mika

Her and Roger had been sending text messages back and forth since she got back home, but so far they had not had that discussion they had both agreed would happen later. And now here it was. Eela nodded slowly. It wasn’t that she was resistant to the idea but it would also open up something she knew she couldn’t put away again. It would change things. “He and I were going to have that conversation anyway, so I can do that.”

“We are going to talk about it when next we meet.” Mika said.

Okay,” Eela said.

“As for my team, the support network I have now, it’s been…” Eela broke into a tiny smile. “I tried to come to Oed with few expectations, but the people that are in my life have surprised me. I definitely wasn’t expecting them. Family has become something I create, because the family I came from is all gone now. And it’s been lovely to discover I have a family here, a network of people who genuinely care about me in a way that has nothing to do with my work, even if many of them are people I work with. And trust me they are all quite willing to tell me how it is,” Eela said with a chuckle.

~Eela

“When you are struggling with everything, remember that found family. They are there to help you, you aren’t alone in this.” Mika stood and stretched, “Reach out to someone when you need to. Whether that be your friends or myself.” She smiled and looked at Eela, “I think that’s all for today. We will meet again next week. My office or here, either is fine.”

~ Mika

She inhaled deeply and nodded. “I’ll have Cort work something out. I am playing catch up a little and we have the Vren arriving soon. We’ll see which location is easier. I appreciate you being willing to come here though. Depending on how our conversations go, I might not always be in a position to jump right into work again, so being at home is kind of nice. I can decompress before jumping back to work stuff, even if it’s just here from my home office.”

Eela rose to her feet, and talked as she led Mika to the foyer. “Thank you for your time. I know… I know this is going to be a process and it won’t always be smooth, but it it is necessary.”

~Eela