<div class="floatleft">(https://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/images/thumb/7/71/Rodansmall.jpg/800px-Rodansmall.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Diplomatic Attache Anatole Kir-Je<br/><strong>Location:</strong>USS Redemption Mess Hall<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Ensign Ithali sh'Rhynek<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>It was odd for Anatole to follow the ensign into the mess hall; such places were the venue of ranka nd file.  He was outside the chain of command so was, literally, an outsider in the mess hall. He showed no sign of his discomfort.  He'd learned long ago that discomfort was never going to be fatal and so he'd learned to deal with it.<br/><br/>"I've always found that people learn more from failure than from success.  If you fail, you try to correct your behaviours.  If you succeed, you try to repeat them, even if you made a few mistakes along the way."  The grin spread across his face as she spoke of teaching him about Andorian.  There was a subtle or perhaps not so subtle subtext.  It semed that he was correct in thinking that he'd caught the Andorian's attention on more than one level.  No matter how the issue played out, it was certainly going to be interesting and educational and likely not just a little dangerous.<br/><br/>"I'd be very interesting in learning anything you can teach me about Andorians.  My expertise is in cross cultural etiquette, so anything you could teach, I'm sure I could find value in.  If you prefer actions to words, perhaps the scheduling of a sparring session might demonstrate my sincerity.  I don't expect to offer you much of a challenge but I will endeavour not to bore you too much.  Perhaps after your next duty shift ends?  It will offer you an opportunity to unwind.  Once you've gauged my skill, perhaps, if you consider me worthy, you'd be willing to teach me the proper use of an Ushaan-tor.  I've read part of the Ushaan but I'm certainly not fully versed in it.  I'd appreciate the opportunity to explore the intricacies of the various ammendments with someone who fully understands them."<br/><br/>The request was something of a gamble but it would tell her a great deal about Ithali.  If she was toying with him for her own amusement, she'd possibly consider the request insulting to her heritage.  If she considered him worthy, either before or after they sparred, she might be willing to offer to teach him.  There was historical evidence that supported the idea of non-Andorians using the weapons.  He'd need to wait and see.  In either case, demonstrating a limited knowledge of her culture would show that he was sincere about wanting to know more.