That smile. It's mimicry, but it's also his, and it always make her smile. She nods, once, not breaking eye contact.
"I...Everything I told you was true, I mean with the Tsiolkovsky. It just wasn't everything, the whole truth. And that truth is that I didn't always avoid the gangs. I was caught - more than once. And sometimes..." Her whole body tightens with the memory.
"What you witnessed was a part of myself I've kept locked away for 12 years. A part that needed the attention of men in exchange for food or protection. It scares me it's still there - and I hate myself for bringing you into that world. Even for a moment."
"I remember seeing your file when Captain Picard was choosing officers." Tasha allows a grin back onto her face that doesn't reach her eyes. "Everything in your file was - 'can lift this,' and 'can take that kind of punishment.' And I remember getting to the videos and, instead of this unstoppable soulless being, I saw you. Goofy, curious, wonderful you." She avoided his gaze. "And a lot of footage of you being treated like a thing." She swallows. "I wasn't going to be ones of those people."
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Date: 2015-05-26 05:01 am (UTC)"I...Everything I told you was true, I mean with the Tsiolkovsky. It just wasn't everything, the whole truth. And that truth is that I didn't always avoid the gangs. I was caught - more than once. And sometimes..." Her whole body tightens with the memory.
"What you witnessed was a part of myself I've kept locked away for 12 years. A part that needed the attention of men in exchange for food or protection. It scares me it's still there - and I hate myself for bringing you into that world. Even for a moment."
"I remember seeing your file when Captain Picard was choosing officers." Tasha allows a grin back onto her face that doesn't reach her eyes. "Everything in your file was - 'can lift this,' and 'can take that kind of punishment.' And I remember getting to the videos and, instead of this unstoppable soulless being, I saw you. Goofy, curious, wonderful you." She avoided his gaze. "And a lot of footage of you being treated like a thing." She swallows. "I wasn't going to be ones of those people."