Post # 19 Sympathetic Ear

Posted on Thu Dec 4th, 2025 @ 3:02pm by Lieutenant Tabatha O'Neil
Edited on on Thu Dec 4th, 2025 @ 3:06pm

Mission: Healing Touch-3
Location: Soliara Settlement
Timeline: Current

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Tabitha finished her meal and thanked Zora for all her hard work in preparing this delicious food then she excused herself from the table.

Now it was time to take a walk and try to settle her stomach after consuming way too much food; at least for her anyway. Also her legs were starting to fall asleep behind the middle part; she figured it was the stump that caused the problem. Never again would she complain about her office chair aboard ship.

After about five minutes into her walk Tabitha stopped and listened intently.....she could hear a young girl crying a little ways away. Following the sound she found the person in question; a young girl probably about fourteen or fifteen years of age wearing a covering over her top so obviously she wasn't a child anymore.

Tabitha saw the young girl sitting on a large boulder sobbing with red eyes and a runny nose; it looked like she had been crying for quite some time. Rustling the leaves under her feet, slowly and with a smile so as not to scare the girl, she inquired as she approached "Hi there, what crying about" as the young girl sat up straight with widened eyes.

"I not hurt you....you sad?" Tabitha was hoping maybe she could give this young one some comfort; that was her job no matter where she found herself.

Wiping the tears from her eyes she looked at Tabitha "Had get rid Selar, father say not safe have around" as the young girl sniffled "Say too dangerous for pet. Tang good Selar....no hurt anyone....miss him" as the tears welled up in her eyes once again.

Feeling empathy for the girl Tabitha sat on the boulder beside her "What your name" Tabitha asked then pointed to herself "I Tabatha."

The girl pointed to herself "I Simar" then she paused "You no live here."

"No, I live long way off" as she pointed in the direction of the beam in point then paused "Simar.....that pretty name for pretty girl" as Tabitha smiled.

Finally Simar smiled "You pretty female, hair look like fire" then she giggled as young girls often do.

"That color of hair.....no fire" as she leaned towards the girl slowly "You touch.....no hot."

Simar cautiously touched Tabitha's hair then giggled again "I miss Tang."

Now was the right moment for Tabitha to do what she was trained to do......counsel "Sometimes in life we loose someone we love, like Tang. Think on good times and place them here" as Tabitha lightly touched Simar's heart "Tang will always be there for you to see if he not here in flesh. Can do that for me."

Simar nodded "Yes, me do that" as even a bigger smile came across the young girl's face. Then something unexpected happen that Tabitha never saw coming. Simar threw her arms around Tabitha and hugged her so hard she thought she wouldn't be able to breathe. After Simar released her hold on Tabitha she giggled "You smell good.....not like Tang.....he sticky" as she giggled once again.

Tabitha grinned "I take that as good thing." she replied with a smile.

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Lieutenant Tabitha O'Neil
Chief Counselor
USS Amandora