Posted Sept. 2, 2019, 9:15 p.m. by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Royal Sinclair (Counselor) in Pre-Sim: Doctor? Don’t mind if I do…
Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Pre-Sim: Doctor? Don’t mind if I do…
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Royal Sinclair (Counselor) in Pre-Sim: Doctor? Don’t mind if I do…
Posted by… suppressed (2) by the Post Ghost! 👻(snip)
“Sounds like a hell of a guy… far cry from my Da, fortunately for you.” Royal said with a smile that wasn’t nearly as wistful and a good deal more taciturn.
Sinclair, CNS
“High expectations, huh?” Cori said as she accepted her second drink. She’d heard about really tough parents who expected specific things and were none too happy with you if you veered at all- in fact Jarred’s father had been a bit like that- but it simply had never been her experience.
~Corinne Dalton
Swirling the liquid in the glass, Royal said “No, more like ‘I hate being saddled with a child and I would prefer to spend my waking hours working than dealing with my son’. kind of thing. He was… not a happy man. Probably because my mom died when I was really young. He just wasn’t prepared for being a single parent, I think.”
Sinclair, CNS
Dalton grimaced. “Uggh, yeah, sounds like it. But makes for awkward family get-togethers I’m sure. You ever see him?” she asked before knocking back more of her whiskey.
~Corinne Dalton
“He’s dead.” Royal said matter-of-factly. “Fell off a scaffold when I was thirteen, broke his neck. My grandfather raised me through until just before I left for the Academy. He passed three days before my shuttle left Glasgow.”
Sinclair, CNS
Corinne was taken aback but tried to hide her reaction as best she could. Then immediately thought it ridiculous, because he was a psychologist and clearly would have seen right through her. “I… wow. Foot… mouth. My bad,” she said softly. “What was your grandfather like? Did you get on well with him?”
~Corinne Dalton
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