>Admiral Jackson had been listening to the conversation, but had been working >on the lift off until that moment. Upon clearing the station, the Runabout >jumped to Warp and would be on autopilot for some time. He turned his chair >and decided he should jump into the conversation. "David, I have no >intention of letting him take over this investigation or the line of >questioning. We are here to look into what happened and the causes. That >means keeping an open mind and listening to people's answers, but it does >not mean that we overlook the facts to allow someone to rant."
>David's eyes cleared a bit--he had gone into a terrified rant, "I'm >sorry...to both of you." He looked down, "This, to be blunt, just scares the >hell out of me." It was clear that this trip was going to be extremely >difficult for him. >Joanna reached across and placed a hand on David's hand. "There is no >reason to apologize, David. You have had a bad experience, and a lot of >that occurred directly because of Admiral Van Der Loo. You are going to >feel anxiety. Just remember that Admiral Jackson and myself are here for >support as well as to make sure we all get to the root of what happened." David looked up at the touch and smiled a touch, "The doc knows best." He blushed slightly but it brought some of his vigor back _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
