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.

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[inhistorybooks]

[So Trip has been feeling kind of funny all day. And now this happened, and it's just setting off all kinds of red flags.]

... Everything all right? [You can almost hear the 'darlin' he almost tacked on there.]

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[with_discipline]

[Lots and lots of red flags. She is actually contemplating lying to him.]

Why do you ask? [What her voice isn't doing that tight slightly higher than normal thing at all.]

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[inhistorybooks]

Because you sound... stressed. [It was really hard to pick what word to use. :|]

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[with_discipline]

[Understandably. :|] I wouldn't use that word. [Damn it why did Archer have to find the Kir'Shara and make lying new kinds of difficult.]

[creatingalegacy]

To rehabilitate those people who do not appreciate life.

[with_discipline]

[Man she does not want to ask this.] If you would explain.

[creatingalegacy]

[She should've gone with that D: ]

Those who don't appreciate life don't deserve it. This goes for the self-destructive--such as drug addicts--and those who do harm to others. They need to be given a choice: change or die.

[with_discipline]

[Probably. :c]

Do you believe you're deserving?

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[captain_jtkirk]

Red flag.

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[with_discipline]

Excuse me?

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[captain_jtkirk]

Something's wrong I can tell.

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[with_discipline]

[She is just. Debating over what to say, but she's only coming up with one answer.] Yes. [Sorry Kirk, it's like pulling teeth. :c]

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[most_feared]

In my experience, humans are better as individuals. They're smarter, more understanding, and capable of rational thought. As a collective, they're stupid, impetuous, impulsive, and destructive.

However, humans have brains structured to encourage troupe units. We want to be in groups and we'll accept others of a foreign nature into our group. We'll protect them as if they're one of our own.

Giving up one's individual identity is suicide.

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[with_discipline]

That is...poetic, but it seems inaccurate. There are those who would choose the collective identity over the singular one. Clearly there is a line between what level of collectivity is acceptable, and what is not.

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[most_feared]

I'm talking about Dunbar's number. Humans have an evolutionary inclination to want to participate in a group. Some moreso than others. In fact, we frequently are very upset at the idea of being excluded from a group, even if we're not entirely satisfied with it. That can be exaggerated to an extreme.

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[with_discipline]

Dunbar?

That is...[Illogical. :|] I see. That's why it is so easily taken advantage of.