3 hours ago
It had not been unexpected to hear Aeryn use his name. He had invited the very thing by using her given name instead of title and surname. To Sovar it did feel early for such casualness between them, though as they had discussed and Aeryn had put it so eloquently, he had been thrown into the deep end. Despite the fact that Sovar was a strong swimmer, any help would be welcomed when the bottom could not be seen.
" You can ask me anything anytime, and no, not at all, feel free to harvest some more…” she continued to speak while he wondered if she had caught his double meaning.
Taking a moment, Sovar gathered up more of the milaberries so there would be enough for a few handfuls between them. There was something almost meditative about picking the berries, and he decided the botany lab would be a suitable spot for robust thinking. His hands moved from each plant, filling the bucket slowly enough to give him time to frame his next questions.
“I am afraid I have not been clear about one of my prior requests.”
Sovar turned back about and approached Miller, berries plucked and waiting within the bucket between his hands.
“I had asked if you could tell me more about Artemis and her crew, specifying your fellow department heads. While you gave me a brilliant insight, I feel that the answer was not to the spirit of the request I had intended. A fault that is mine alone.”
The auburn haired officer had also taken time to gather more fruit, and the bounty they had plucked was plentiful.
“If I may be so blunt, I had rather hoped you would give me specifics about the personalities and the histories of those you have served with while aboard Artemis.”
Vulcans were often terribly honest, though Sovar had been around enough humans to know such outright truths were not spoken in quite the same way. It was a chance that he would have to take, now that they were on a given name basis, that Aeryn would be open to giving him more knowledge about her fellow crewmates.
“Mayfair and Calleja for example...”
Extending his reach, Sovar offered some of the milaberries in his basket to Aeryn. A gesture of gratitude at many levels.
“...you’ve known both for some time, and you must have had a close working relationship with Lieutenant Commander Calleja while working in Security.”
== taggity ==
" You can ask me anything anytime, and no, not at all, feel free to harvest some more…” she continued to speak while he wondered if she had caught his double meaning.
Taking a moment, Sovar gathered up more of the milaberries so there would be enough for a few handfuls between them. There was something almost meditative about picking the berries, and he decided the botany lab would be a suitable spot for robust thinking. His hands moved from each plant, filling the bucket slowly enough to give him time to frame his next questions.
“I am afraid I have not been clear about one of my prior requests.”
Sovar turned back about and approached Miller, berries plucked and waiting within the bucket between his hands.
“I had asked if you could tell me more about Artemis and her crew, specifying your fellow department heads. While you gave me a brilliant insight, I feel that the answer was not to the spirit of the request I had intended. A fault that is mine alone.”
The auburn haired officer had also taken time to gather more fruit, and the bounty they had plucked was plentiful.
“If I may be so blunt, I had rather hoped you would give me specifics about the personalities and the histories of those you have served with while aboard Artemis.”
Vulcans were often terribly honest, though Sovar had been around enough humans to know such outright truths were not spoken in quite the same way. It was a chance that he would have to take, now that they were on a given name basis, that Aeryn would be open to giving him more knowledge about her fellow crewmates.
“Mayfair and Calleja for example...”
Extending his reach, Sovar offered some of the milaberries in his basket to Aeryn. A gesture of gratitude at many levels.
“...you’ve known both for some time, and you must have had a close working relationship with Lieutenant Commander Calleja while working in Security.”
== taggity ==