Conversations and Choices

[Colonel Eason 0]

(From last week's log)

 

Sovak: ::looks back to her:: Did you need me for something? It is not like you to be rude to your friends.

 

Cnl_Eason: :: glances down at feet, and then back up at him. ::smiles slightly:; You know that discussion we had last night? I think we should.

 

Sovak: ::raises an eyebrow:: You are sure?

 

 

 

(A few days later)

 

"Yes, I'm sure." She had answered him then. Claire thought about those two conversations as she walked down the path from Jami and Atragon's cabin to the cabin Sovak had built for them on the Point. She reached a fork in the path, and took the much less traveled one down the rocky slope to the pocket beach below. The waves pounded the rocky shore as she sat on her favorite rock and let her mind focus back on the visit to Jami.

 

 

 

The visit had been multifold. She had wanted Jami's advice as a doctor as well as a close friend. She told Jami of the recent conversations and they talked for most of the afternoon about things to consider. Pros. Cons. Dangers. Of course being marooned on an uninhabited, unindustrialized planet with limited resources didn't exactly add to the pro category. She mulled it all over and over in her mind. The logical choice was obvious. But even given all the facts, she wasn't sure she wanted to be logical. But would Sovak agree? Before and shortly after they were first marooned, she knew what his answer would be. The logical choice. No question. No discussion. Now she wasn't so sure. But now, they would at least continue discussing it. At least she hoped so. She watched the sun start to sink below the horizon, then headed back up the trail to find Sovak to let him know what Jami had said.