<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/19/Evek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120915142130&amp;path-prefix=en)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Lt.Cdr. Un'lar Adaal<br/><strong>Location:</strong>USS Redemption Sick Bay<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Counselor Geshinaa Nollad<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>Un'lar gave her question a brief smile. "Others, but if I cared what others thought, I wouldn't be here. We decide what defines us. Some of us just choose how others view us as the yardstick. I've always found that to be a rather silly choice." He showed no real discomfort with being analyzed, just mild amusement. In all reality, it was the same behavior he'd showed with the Ensign. A Counselor or not, a Doctor was a Doctor, and everyone was their patient.<br/><br/>"And do not worry, I take no offense at it. I'm guilty of it myself after all. It is one of the problems of our profession, is it not? We are taught to look behind the curtain, at what makes people tick. And once you know the machinery, there is a temptation to find out how everyone works, to reduce those around us to problems to be solved." He gave a shrug. "It is why all of us Doctors end up becoming curmudgeonly naysayers like McCoy. Makes it easier to explain to ourselves why everyone finds us just a bit off putting."<br/><br/>He then stood up... offering the Counselor his arm, the perfect image of human gentleman. His smile was a bit more... crooked then normal, showing he clearly agreed with her assessment. "Oh my, there is nothing more terrifying than a Doctor and a Counselor consorting with one another. To a crew of Starfleet, we are terror incarnate. After all, we are the ones to take away someone's career from these people who have sacrificed  so many sleepless nights to Academy Exams. Certainly a Captain can as well, but we do it for arcane reasons." Un'lar grinned as he spoke, his voice having that small twist that it developed when he joked, though like many of his jokes, there was more than a kernel of truth to it.<br/><br/>"And, if you can keep a secret? This is my first tour of duty on a Starship as well. I never even visited the Operations Center of Jupiter Station." That wasn't much of a secret. The Crew's past assignments were easily researchable. Of course, few would do that for the entire crew. "But let's not give that away."