Reflection

Posted on 03 Sep 2024 @ 8:43am by Lieutenant JG Saelihn Valenis

261 words; about a 1 minute read

Computer, open personal log.

[Log opens]

I got promoted today, or tonight rather. Chief of Security here on the Galileo. It has a nice ring to it but I feel like I've had it before.

Like most things that come with being me, or an El Aurian, I feel like the conversation had with Captain Tarin was one I'd had with her before. That 'itch' in the back of my mind saying this is like Human's 'deja vu', or that something has changed in the universe that I can't quite but my finger on.

It's always the same but the crew are feeling similar effects. I'm not going to lie there is a small bit of me that finds satisfaction in other's going through temporal ripples, or echoes. Makes me feel normal.

Captain still doesn't seem to be convinced though. I just feel like smashing my head against a wall sometimes when I need to try and explain temporal 'feelings' to another species. You see that look in their eye, that disbelief or doubt, the potential thought of you're a crazy person spouting nonsense... but I get it I suppose. I guess I'm just used to talking to my own people about things like that and Human's especially can be... not untrusting, that's not the word, but less inclined to believe what they cannot see.

Anyway, I'm happy to be in command of my own department. I've got five people in my team and I'm looking forward to working with them and making an impression here.

Computer, end log.

[Log closes]

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