<br/><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Kavish_Teel_Trill_2.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>b Lieutenant Kavash Teel<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Engineering/ Forward Deflector Control<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong><br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>Kavash was happy to see Veyea relax.  It was the first time since he'd met her that he'd really seen her come to this point of relaxation after being so pent up.  Her suggestion that conversation and comfort with him seemed easy for her made Kavash smile more.  He liked the idea of having a confidant and friend on board a new ship with a crew that he could already tell was going to cause him some stress.  It was nice to know he had someone who understood the stress.  "Under normal circumstances, the Joining is more of a religious rite than a medical procedure."  He didn't shy away from the conversation regardless of how painful the memory from Rasis was.  "There are Trill who are raised from an early age to be Joined, somehow deemed better than the others.  Of course there is a lot of precedence lately that shows the chosen are not necessarily the best choice.  Kavash explained thinking to the effects of the Dominion war and the more than normal number of Trill who were simply in the right place at the wrong time.<br/><br/>"When Teel's previous host Rasis was injured they were at an outpost on the edge of Cardassian space.  Due to the events around Rasis death, they didn't have time to wait for a<em>prepared</em>Trill to reach them.  Both Rasis and Teel would have died.  So I accepted knowing what it would entail"<br/><br/>Veyea's finally accepting the offer of giving her first name made Kavash smile.  He was curious as he watched her absently adjust her bangs to cover what his perception caught as a bit of a scar.  "With pleasure Veyea."  Kavash said with a respectful nod and a large grin.  It was obvious that giving her name to someone was a very personal thing for her and it was taking a huge leap to give it.<br/><br/>Her assessment of early earth history made Kavash laugh softly to himself.  Her suggestion that she enjoyed the more classical parts of earth history drew his attention.  "I've always found the early 19th and 20th century to be very interesting for art and music and science.  Much more than the later centuries prior to the great war."