<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=79780.msg3532020#msg3532020">Quote from: fallensaviour on 25-08-2010, 05:16:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">-officer's lounge with petit-<br/><br/>Watches the two women leave then lets out a very audible sigh before draining his synthohol drink and getting another and heading over towards the counselor.  "Hello counselor," he said to the lithe vulcan woman.  "I have wondered something since we left port, as a Vulcan you are devoted to logic correct?  So with your intense control of your emotions and all, would that not make it difficult to be a counselor?  Forgive me if i'm wrong, but it just always struck me as a career field ill suited to the philosophies of your people."  He pauses to consider for a moment, "Though I hope I didn't put my foot in my mouth again."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>Counselor Petit:  Officer's Lounge</strong><br/><br/>"An abundance of logic does not preclude empathy." the counselor replied in her soft, accented voice as she gestured to the seat opposite her for the engineer to sit.  "And I have found that often what helps people tremendously is a dispassionate perspective which I am happy to offer."  she smiled, leaning back, having finished her salad.  "And also keep in mind that I am only half vulcan.  My father is quite a passionate man and some of that energy is a part of me."<br/><br/>Betraying a slight smile.  "So Commander, do you often go about worried about sticking your foot in your mouth?"