My warden has deemed it prudent I do as you say, or he will get the Admiral involved to force me. So if we were to end them, doubtless he will have something else in the works.
If you wish to establish common ground, I can tell you that I have had the most consistent success with people of a military or analytical background, and the most unsatisfactory results with those of a political persuasion. I do not do well with 'small talk', as my translator once called it. I enjoy art, as I'm sure you well know, and I use it as a tool for identifying culture and patterns of behavior: through art, I can tell what a culture values, how they may react to hostile engagement, and how best to defeat them in battle.
I have had more success with befriending women over men, particularly women who have a certain decisiveness. I do not like large groups, as I find the noise and etiquette overwhelming. My first community was an isolated one, punctured by premature loss; my species' family make-ups are difficult for outsiders to grasp and even Florian struggles. Better still was the group I fell into after my exile; a militaristic dictatorship that allowed me more freedom to combat other, lesser evils in the form of pirates and slavers. Much of my past, especially in my first community, is a matter of state secrecy and I will not divulge these apart from being coerced or forced.
In normal, every-day life I will have one or two persons who will be my closest confidants; any others are considered as good colleagues but nothing more. My singular hobby is art: others have attempted to engage me in activities over the years but I rapidly lose interest and offend them, though often I do not understand why. I can mimic behaviors for a time, but I also know this can offend as well.
Does that serve for establishing rapport, Doctor Sheehan?
Re: Voice
[he rolls those thoughts around before replying]
My warden has deemed it prudent I do as you say, or he will get the Admiral involved to force me. So if we were to end them, doubtless he will have something else in the works.
If you wish to establish common ground, I can tell you that I have had the most consistent success with people of a military or analytical background, and the most unsatisfactory results with those of a political persuasion. I do not do well with 'small talk', as my translator once called it. I enjoy art, as I'm sure you well know, and I use it as a tool for identifying culture and patterns of behavior: through art, I can tell what a culture values, how they may react to hostile engagement, and how best to defeat them in battle.
I have had more success with befriending women over men, particularly women who have a certain decisiveness. I do not like large groups, as I find the noise and etiquette overwhelming. My first community was an isolated one, punctured by premature loss; my species' family make-ups are difficult for outsiders to grasp and even Florian struggles. Better still was the group I fell into after my exile; a militaristic dictatorship that allowed me more freedom to combat other, lesser evils in the form of pirates and slavers. Much of my past, especially in my first community, is a matter of state secrecy and I will not divulge these apart from being coerced or forced.
In normal, every-day life I will have one or two persons who will be my closest confidants; any others are considered as good colleagues but nothing more. My singular hobby is art: others have attempted to engage me in activities over the years but I rapidly lose interest and offend them, though often I do not understand why. I can mimic behaviors for a time, but I also know this can offend as well.
Does that serve for establishing rapport, Doctor Sheehan?