Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 17:24:48 GMT -8
“I have never believed in an overnight cure. You can’t find that kind of peace in the blink of an eye. I wish we could, but we can’t. Overcoming these kinds of tragedies…”
"Is impossible," Hunter filled in the blanks.
“The way you find the kind of peace your describing comes from the journey of healing. I’m not going to pull out one of those books…”
Following Caspian's gaze, he stared at the extensive collection of antique head-shrinking techniques.
“…tell you to read them, and then expect you to come back without a scar. We are going to take this one step at a time. I am going to equip you with the tools you need to handle the pain whenever you begin to feel it again.”
"I don't want to feel it again!" This was going nowhere.
“All I need from you is willingness to walk that journey with me. That’s the only way I can help you.”
It was hard not to scoff. "Look, I don't want to be rude, but I've been down this road before. When my brother became the enemy of the Federation, when the woman I loved was mutilated, my child taken, and when we were finally together again, after all I did, all I gave up for her, she left. I was assigned a counselor then. It did nothing. This journey you offer, it's a sham."
Staring straight ahead, he gripped and released the arms of the chair over and over again. What would Sig say if he saw him now? Closing his eyes, he squeezed them as tight as he could, trying to block out the vision of his best friend taking his last breath.
"What tools," he asked quietly.
Tag Lt Comm. Caspian Stavish
"Is impossible," Hunter filled in the blanks.
“The way you find the kind of peace your describing comes from the journey of healing. I’m not going to pull out one of those books…”
Following Caspian's gaze, he stared at the extensive collection of antique head-shrinking techniques.
“…tell you to read them, and then expect you to come back without a scar. We are going to take this one step at a time. I am going to equip you with the tools you need to handle the pain whenever you begin to feel it again.”
"I don't want to feel it again!" This was going nowhere.
“All I need from you is willingness to walk that journey with me. That’s the only way I can help you.”
It was hard not to scoff. "Look, I don't want to be rude, but I've been down this road before. When my brother became the enemy of the Federation, when the woman I loved was mutilated, my child taken, and when we were finally together again, after all I did, all I gave up for her, she left. I was assigned a counselor then. It did nothing. This journey you offer, it's a sham."
Staring straight ahead, he gripped and released the arms of the chair over and over again. What would Sig say if he saw him now? Closing his eyes, he squeezed them as tight as he could, trying to block out the vision of his best friend taking his last breath.
"What tools," he asked quietly.
Tag Lt Comm. Caspian Stavish