PNPC Lilly Thorne: Engineering 101 was a long time ago...

[Tom Cholewa]

((Counselling Suite, Clinic, Level 4, Anchorage Tower))

 

Thorne: ::nodding:: Okay. Well, I’d certainly characterise what you went through as both a psychological and a physiological trauma. If it’s okay with you I’d like to start with the physiological aspect first.

 

The Remmilian nodded in assent.

 

Kettick: Please do.

 

Thorne: Your file mentions bouts of disorientation, along with intrusive, non-Remmilian, thoughts? Are they still as occurring as frequently as before?

 

Even with Kettick’s unfamiliar physiology Lilly recognised the body-language of someone examining their own thoughts. It wasn’t something many species tended to do often, and she couldn’t even begin to count how many people she’d seen go through the same unfamiliar thought process over the years.

 

She went to look back down at his notes, most species did not like to be stared at whilst they thought, but Kettick responded before she had chance. Perhaps his species were better at introspection than others.

 

Kettick: No more bouts of disorientation. The intrusive thoughts… probably.

 

Thorne: ::smiling:: I’m glad the disorientation has stopped. ::scribbling a note:: What made you say “probably” about the intrusive thoughts? Are they becoming less obvious?

 

Kettick: Sometimes I have… insights? Micro-expressions or colloquialisms that I manage to understand without having read or learned about them in any manner I can remember. I wonder if this is just me getting used to working around humans, or if this comes from… the other Kettick.

 

Lilly nodded again, and made another note. “the other Kettick.” The process to integrate both personalities was clearly ongoing, and that comment gave her an insight into how he possibly felt about that. She wanted to explore that more but didn’t want to lead the conversation, best let him get there on his own.

 

Thorne: ::smiling:: And do you think this other Kettick has introduced anything else?

 

Kettick: Hard to tell. I suppose I should also report an increased tendency to aggressive innovation, in case it is relevant.

 

She supressed the urge to laugh at that comment, not wanting Kettick to think she was laughing at, rather than with, him. She did allow herself to smile though.

 

Thorne: I think that is possibly the best description of a Starfleet engineer I’ve ever heard, but I take your point.

 

Kettick: You know the joke about soldiers finding medics terrifying because they have an intimate knowledge of all the ways you can get hurt or die? My main speciality is Maintenance and Safety.

 

Lilly nodded, she’d encountered that sentiment a few times in her career. What was interesting to her was why Kettick was bringing it up.

 

Thorne: So, your aggressively inventing new ways to keep people safe? Care to share your latest innovation?

 

Kettick: Response.

 

Thorne: ::raising a hand:: Keep it simple for me though, it’s been a long time since I did engineering 101.

 

Kettick: Response.

 

Lilly listened intently, keen to make sure she understood both his explanation, and his rationale in taking that approach.

 

Thorne: Have you heard of the human expression “thinking outside of the box?”

 

Kettick: Response.

 

TAG / TBC

 

Lilly Thorne, MD.

Counsellor

 

As simmed by

 

Lieutenant Tomas Falt

Chief Science Officer

Denali Station

J239807TF2

 

 

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