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Ships in the Night

Posted Sept. 15, 2021, 5:49 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) (Lucas Foxley)

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Ships in the Night

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Ships in the Night

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“They may be easier to understand, but a more meaningful relationship isn’t possible,” he replied, after a moment’s thought. It wasn’t something he’d put much thought into himself. He chose to be alone, and he liked his animals, but to him, they were no subsitute for human relationships. “Like anything, the harder something is, the more rewarding it is.” Joining Starfleet had been hard, yet he wouldn’t have it any otherr way. His research was difficult, sometimes, but discovering new medical compounds, learning more about alien life and how it differs from terrestrial life, was all worth it. In his mind, a human relationship was the same. If one worked for a great relationship, it would be far more rewarding than that with an animal.

It wasn’t to say that one couldn’t love animals. He’d had a childhood dog that he loved. He’d be saddened if his animals died, even though they were lab specimen. He hadn’t had a truly meaningful human relatioship in manny years, and he did not seek them out, but he couldn’t deny the differences.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

Rand suppressed a sigh. That wasn’t what she meant…she didn’t think relationships with people weren’t worth the work - she just had a hard time with people. She fought every day with her anxiety, just to walk into the galley, full of people and pick up a tray and leave. If someone waved and said hi, did they expect her to wave back or come talk. If she couldn’t because she had somewhere to be was that rude? If she didn’t notice at all was she stuck up and uppity? And then there were those people that felt like they could simply fix her fear and anxiety by forcing her into more and more intense social situations. Assuming because they liked their life that way she had to as well.

She’d been to familiar, over shared, and didn’t explain herself well. Now what did he think of her? First she neglected her duty and now she appeared to not want to put the work in? Is that how she sounded? That’s not what she had meant at all, just reflecting on…on things better not said. Rand was fully aware that the severity of her anxiety could be reason to be discharged from duty. “Things easily gained have very little value, those that have to be reached for, earned, are worth working hard to get and keep.” Then very softly she slipped into Gaelic, “Ach an rud a tha furasta dha cuid tha blàr dha feadhainn eile.”

Yeoman Rand

Roman could tell that she seemed bothered, but by what he hadn’t any idea. It was not at all the case that he thought she didn’t want to put work in, it was quite clear to him that she did. But without knowing that’s what the problem was, what she thought he thought, he couldn’t tell her such. He understood exactly no Gaelic, however he did recognize the spoken language, and so while he heard her say something, he was unsure what she’d said. “Gaelic is rather an uncommon language to be fluent in,” he said.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

Rand grinned sheepishly a bit of color crossing her face at the slip up, well okay it wasn’t a slip, exactly. “Our whole clan knows it. Most of the clans do to some extent. Randy and I grew up speaking it. We learned it along with English. I think it’s a beautiful language.” She finally sat down, right across from him, “Do you speak Gaelic?”

Yeoman Rand

Roman shook his head. “I’m English, I can recognize it but I never learned it. I’ve dabbled in Welsh,” he replied with a shrug. “From what I do understand it is quite an interesting language.” He added. He really didn’t know much about it, but he was fluent in four languages already and had studied several others. He was always open to adding a new one to his list. “Your clan?” He asked, just thinking of it. He found himself curious, wanting to know more.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO


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