[Definite success! Although it must be said that Ari Tayrey can also struggle to have normal conversations with normal civilians sometimes, especially here where there's no shared culture at all.
She looks briefly sympathetic upon hearing that Tanya is an orphan, but doesn't comment on it. It's not the sort of thing a person wants strangers commenting on, really. Ari herself was adopted as an infant, although as far as she knows, both her geneparents are still alive. They just don't want anything to do with her.
(No, that's not fair. Her genefather was a spacer who spent an overnight with her genemother on leave and probably doesn't know that she exists.)]
I think the Tradelines are... less restrictive than your organisation. Possibly because we combine military functions with trade. I chose which ship to sign up to, and I knew in advance that it'd be doing frontier runs. [They don't even really talk of serving, it's all protect and defend, safeguard liberty and uphold the higher values. Peace and Prosperity - and Profit, as their critics might say. Tayrey would say that wasn't the primary purpose, but if someone in her department admitted they were only in it for the money? She'd likely appreciate the honesty.]
It's very understandable that you wanted more say over things. [But then she smiles.] Of course we all want to destroy our enemies! Ours are pirates, mostly. I don't know if we'll ever get rid of all of them. There might just be an endless supply of immoral opportunists. It's my greatest ambition to be one of the youngest captains on the lines someday, with a ship of my own.
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She looks briefly sympathetic upon hearing that Tanya is an orphan, but doesn't comment on it. It's not the sort of thing a person wants strangers commenting on, really. Ari herself was adopted as an infant, although as far as she knows, both her geneparents are still alive. They just don't want anything to do with her.
(No, that's not fair. Her genefather was a spacer who spent an overnight with her genemother on leave and probably doesn't know that she exists.)]
I think the Tradelines are... less restrictive than your organisation. Possibly because we combine military functions with trade. I chose which ship to sign up to, and I knew in advance that it'd be doing frontier runs. [They don't even really talk of serving, it's all protect and defend, safeguard liberty and uphold the higher values. Peace and Prosperity - and Profit, as their critics might say. Tayrey would say that wasn't the primary purpose, but if someone in her department admitted they were only in it for the money? She'd likely appreciate the honesty.]
It's very understandable that you wanted more say over things. [But then she smiles.] Of course we all want to destroy our enemies! Ours are pirates, mostly. I don't know if we'll ever get rid of all of them. There might just be an endless supply of immoral opportunists. It's my greatest ambition to be one of the youngest captains on the lines someday, with a ship of my own.