[Pike saw the emotion on her face but didn't comment on it, it
was enough to know that it had been there. There was a sense of
satisfaction in seeing it. The Enterprise was his ship and her
crew were his crew and it was impossible not to feel a sense of
pride that La'an felt that way about the ship. For someone who had
been through what La'an had to know she felt that way about the
Enterprise... Pike had to think there had to have been at least a
little growth and healing in her time here. For Pike, the mission of
Starfleet was as much about searching internally as it was externally.
So he was prepared to boldly go into territory that might be
intimidating... La'an's personal thoughts and feelings.]
Is that why you've not been yourself lately? So happy to be back home?
[Clearly it wasn't the reason but Pike felt it was as good an
opening as any to get things started off in the right direction.]
no subject
Coffee would be excellent.
[Pike saw the emotion on her face but didn't comment on it, it was enough to know that it had been there. There was a sense of satisfaction in seeing it. The Enterprise was his ship and her crew were his crew and it was impossible not to feel a sense of pride that La'an felt that way about the ship. For someone who had been through what La'an had to know she felt that way about the Enterprise... Pike had to think there had to have been at least a little growth and healing in her time here. For Pike, the mission of Starfleet was as much about searching internally as it was externally. So he was prepared to boldly go into territory that might be intimidating... La'an's personal thoughts and feelings.]
Is that why you've not been yourself lately? So happy to be back home?
[Clearly it wasn't the reason but Pike felt it was as good an opening as any to get things started off in the right direction.]