Do we have a close personal relationship? Would you invite me out for dinner to share a few drinks and discuss my thoughts on a play or local politics?
I'm pleased to hear that. I wasn't sure if you were still uncomfortable with me and keeping a certain distance given your concerns about my capacity for destruction. Which would be reasonable, please note I don't think you're unreasonable, but I wasn't sure where that stood.
I believe eventually, as has been proven in the past, that a flood or an enemy may drag information of the Chiss out of me though force or torture.
Until that time, I prefer not to betray my people willingly.
We may speak abstractly, but understand that I did not even speak the name of my species for ten years. Others have guessed it, and a few have pried it from my mind. I do not give up information about them willingly.
I am afraid, for the purposes of your position, we must act as though I am factionless and an entity unto myself.
Perfectly acceptable. I only asked to determine next steps.
Then with that in mind, I'd like you to take the time and examine, by yourself, the emotions surrounding that loss, your feelings about the cultural decisions around that loss, and whether that loss has placed a supposition in your mind about the fragility, vulnerability, or potential for loss that may have become associated with emotional closeness, the sort of closeness may even only be available between your own people given such safeguards.
I would ask that you do your best to excise any previous suppositions and come to the topic as fresh as you can, utilizing the context of some of the discussions we've had and topics raised. I'd like you to note when and if you start to feel uncomfortable, when you are the most uncomfortable, and examine those places in particular to see with as critical and unflinching eye you possibly can.
If there is no discomfort, you're probably falling back on previous thought patterns and not truly challenging yourself. If it helps, imagine myself, with the knowledge necessary, asking you the questions that would make you least pleased to answer them.
And when you're done, I'd like you to come back and we'll have a discussion about the conclusions, without any details regarding your culture and only having to do with you and your feelings. This does not have a time limit on it. In fact, I'd prefer you engage with this idea over a number of days if not weeks.
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Do we have a close personal relationship? Would you invite me out for dinner to share a few drinks and discuss my thoughts on a play or local politics?
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I needed time to process this information. It has no bearing on our relationship.
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I believe eventually, as has been proven in the past, that a flood or an enemy may drag information of the Chiss out of me though force or torture.
Until that time, I prefer not to betray my people willingly.
We may speak abstractly, but understand that I did not even speak the name of my species for ten years. Others have guessed it, and a few have pried it from my mind. I do not give up information about them willingly.
I am afraid, for the purposes of your position, we must act as though I am factionless and an entity unto myself.
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Then with that in mind, I'd like you to take the time and examine, by yourself, the emotions surrounding that loss, your feelings about the cultural decisions around that loss, and whether that loss has placed a supposition in your mind about the fragility, vulnerability, or potential for loss that may have become associated with emotional closeness, the sort of closeness may even only be available between your own people given such safeguards.
I would ask that you do your best to excise any previous suppositions and come to the topic as fresh as you can, utilizing the context of some of the discussions we've had and topics raised. I'd like you to note when and if you start to feel uncomfortable, when you are the most uncomfortable, and examine those places in particular to see with as critical and unflinching eye you possibly can.
If there is no discomfort, you're probably falling back on previous thought patterns and not truly challenging yourself. If it helps, imagine myself, with the knowledge necessary, asking you the questions that would make you least pleased to answer them.
And when you're done, I'd like you to come back and we'll have a discussion about the conclusions, without any details regarding your culture and only having to do with you and your feelings. This does not have a time limit on it. In fact, I'd prefer you engage with this idea over a number of days if not weeks.
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[even though the very idea of a long discussion of feelings makes Thrawn twitchy]
This is...not precisely what I had in mind when it came to my graduation.
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[ A quick smile. ]
If you could do it all by yourself, I'm sure you would have.
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Very well. I accept your proposal, Florian, on one condition.
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And the next time we meet to discuss feelings, you allow me to teach you.
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