Travel Plans

Posted on 19 Feb 2014 @ 2:31pm by Lieutenant Teth Miir

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This is Counselor Teth Miir's personal log #2. Some of my human compatriots would make a joke out of that statement. Sometimes I'm not very fond of humans.

The past few days have been enlightening. Difficult, humiliating, pushing me to the brink of insanity. But enlightening.

I visited Florida with Dr. Mott. We had pie and did a lot of shots. It was fun. Mostly. It was definitely nice to do something fun for once.

I also met someone. Things have escalated very quickly between us, but I fear that she is about to be posted elsewhere and I will have to leave with the Galileo. I can't say if i love her. It feels like I do. When I am with her I feel... safe. So that's a nice change. I seriously doubt she would ever pose a threat to me. She does enjoy hunting, though, and that makes me nervous. I have a hard time imagining killing for sport. Harming helpless animals when we have the ability to replicate harmless and nutritionally superior meat products.

There is a time and a place for killing. I can only ethically support killing in order to protect the lives of others. Even in this day any age with advanced techniques in treating mental illness, some people are just too far gone. Too dangerous. Most of them stay locked away indefinitely. But not always. Sometimes there is a miscarriage of justice. Then you can only hope that some higher form of cosmic justice will take care of it. That or some vigilante hell bent on revenge.

As for my new relationship. I am sure we will keep in touch, but who can maintain a relationship over such vast differences? It never seems to work out for other couples. There is always loneliness and infidelity and hurt feelings. I've counseled a lot of crewmen attempting the same thing. The outlook is bleak.

In light of the skeletons that have been forcibly exhumed from my closet, I am in need of time to myself. I have a lot of unanswered questions and emotional paradoxes that need to be sorted through. So I am going to take a trip. I'm not sure where to, yet. I have a friend at the Martian Colonies I need to visit first, and then I'll probably go to Vulcan. Maybe they can teach me to meditate and control my emotions better. Or maybe I can just get some peace and quiet while I'm there. At this point, I would gladly take just that.

Peace and quiet. Time to fix problems.

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