Dun stepped from the lab and looked left and right, then smiled slowly.  It was not going to make him very happy to chase the bright young ensign halfway across the ship.  He was willing to give some latitude in first time posts and the way his youngest dealt with more advanced officers.  It was very natural for there to be a breaking in and sorting out of feelings and emotions.  Especially when it came to the point blank discussions of equations and theoretical physics.<br/><br/>"There you are, Liara," Dun said warmly.  He approached the young ensign slowly and unpresumptuously and leaned against a near by bulk head and let her breathing return to normal, or close anyways.  "Is it the EEH thats troubling you?"<br/><br/>She was was eight years older than his daughter, yet she was showing evidence of the same insecurities and need for assurance.  His tone took on that of a father looking after his own.  She was his own, his department, his responsibility.  He would do all in his power to keep her at peek efficiency and working on the problem at hand.