075 | [Voice]

[with_discipline]

[Open, but filtered AWAY from the Borg Queen and O'Brien]

[So T'Pol is really bad at small talk. Really, really bad. She tends to need a few minutes just to figure out what to say, because it's awkward. So there's a few seconds of silence, because on some level she can't believe she's actually bothering.]I'm - curious. Most take individuality for

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[notarabiddog]

For the greater good; to fall in line for a great cause.

[Private]

Is everything alright, T'Pol?

[with_discipline]

A military aspect, then. Biting one's tongue in order to do a duty.

[Private]

Everything is a broad term. [Sob no. But she wants to say yes. Just. Doesn't want to lie.]

[notarabiddog]

The only individuals permitted at the order makers and strategists; but even then they must follow directions from those above them. Dissention within the ranks leads to dissolution of the chain of command and then the cause is lost.

[Private]

I do not know you were one for small talk.

[with_discipline]

Agreed; but a profession is not necessarily a life choice.

[Private]

[Well now she's caught.] I'm not.

Text - crawling out of his emo cave.

[darknessb4me]

Dissension must be discouraged by those who maintain the system, of course. But you can't paint all dissent with the same brush. The cause may have been worth losing, and the first soldier that dissented may have saved all of them from being a part of something they wouldn't be if it hadn't swept them up.