<strong>Day 1 - 1851</strong><br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3f/Yul_brynner.jpg)</div>Character: Dr. "Tiger" (Ty) Nadami (Lt. Cmdr. Aono Tsayafa Nadami), CMO<br/>Location:  Officer's mess<br/>With:    O'Connor<br/>Doing:  Sherbet and conversation<br/>Tagging: open<br/><br/>He nods at her reference to the responsibilities of leadership. "Heavy lies the crown, as ancient cultures used to say," he agrees. "Can't say that's something I envy you, but of course you're right."<br/><br/>"As for wondering about the past, and about possibilities... the rational medical practitioner in me wants to advise you against it. Needless source of stress, and all that." He shrugs. "And there's a lot to be said for that perspective. But there's also a universe beyond the strict boundaries of science and medical practice. 'More things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy,' as your world's Bard once put it. And the priest in me feels that there's a place for intuition, for following a gut instinct. We owe a lot more to that capacity than science is often willing to acknowledge."<br/><br/>With a self-deprecating smile at his own verbosity, he goes on: "That's a long way of saying that yes. That does make sense."