Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Chandel (Chief Diplomatic Officer) in Counselor’s Office - Boarding Evaluation

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Despite the seriousness of Chandel’s question, Kate smiled slightly. “There are always problems in the intelligence community,” she offered, softly. She should have known better than to leave such an opening for the counselor to pick up on. Much of her career she couldn’t talk about, although there were vague snippets in her personnel file that surely Chandel had seen.

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“Such as?” Chandel asked gently prodding. She was aware that were probably things Trent could not discuss but there were ways to discuss top secret things in generalities without specifics and Chandel was pretty adept at leading such conversations. After all even spies needed counselling sometimes.

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Kate’s smile turned slightly sardonic compared to her friendly demeanor thus far. “I’ve had my fair share of confrontations, both physical and mental,” she elaborated, briefly. She paused for a moment and the negative emotion seemed to drift from her face. “But I’m okay,” she added, with a certain finality before adding, “and I would tell you if I wasn’t.”

Lt Trent, SOO