05-18-2024, 07:22 PM
From the looks on his crewmate and Captain's face Alexander realized he may have some explaining to do.
Maybe it is just better to leave it alone? No I should explain even if it is digging a bit of a hole.
"I feel I should explain, from your looks I can see that you do not realize as I didn't before going to Cait, that Caitians hunted Batazoids for food for many many generations and it wasn't until synthetics Betazoid was invented that the practice was stopped. This was only a little while before Caitians joined the federation. To this day Batazoid is considered a delicacy by many of my people, though many also now frown upon it being eaten as well. I should also mention Caitians can not metabolize alcohol, so I had only had a couple sips, but was quite drunk. A prank that had been played on me, because I did not know better growing up around humans."
Well you might have made things worse, but hopefully they at least have some context now.
Alexander considered the Captains next statement, carefully. He was relieved that having to kill would not be a normal occurrence. Alexander preferred to avoid violence. One of the many reasons he loved engineering, where he could mostly be left to fix things rather than break them.
"Captain I do have one question. Is it possible to set up an annual leave for perrrsonal rrreasons? It needs to be at about the same time every year." Alexander looked a bit embarrassed as he asked. Sometimes he wished he had just been born human like his brother and sister.
Maybe it is just better to leave it alone? No I should explain even if it is digging a bit of a hole.
"I feel I should explain, from your looks I can see that you do not realize as I didn't before going to Cait, that Caitians hunted Batazoids for food for many many generations and it wasn't until synthetics Betazoid was invented that the practice was stopped. This was only a little while before Caitians joined the federation. To this day Batazoid is considered a delicacy by many of my people, though many also now frown upon it being eaten as well. I should also mention Caitians can not metabolize alcohol, so I had only had a couple sips, but was quite drunk. A prank that had been played on me, because I did not know better growing up around humans."
Well you might have made things worse, but hopefully they at least have some context now.
Alexander considered the Captains next statement, carefully. He was relieved that having to kill would not be a normal occurrence. Alexander preferred to avoid violence. One of the many reasons he loved engineering, where he could mostly be left to fix things rather than break them.
"Captain I do have one question. Is it possible to set up an annual leave for perrrsonal rrreasons? It needs to be at about the same time every year." Alexander looked a bit embarrassed as he asked. Sometimes he wished he had just been born human like his brother and sister.