Editing Baryn Myr (section)

==Personal Data==
===Telepathy===
Baryn is a powerful telepath, as are many Betazoids who display their abilities as children. However, as he was diagnosed very young and given excellent care, his control over his telepathy is almost flawless. He is especially good at blocking out unwanted psychic input, and at ‘reading’ the moods of others simply by listening to them and watching their body language, using his empathic abilities only as an enhancement, if at all. He takes an even dimmer view of liars than most Betazoids, and is highly adept at identifying them. 

He maintains strict adherence to the Telepathic Moral Code. Even if he is attacked psionically, he prefers to defend himself by mental blocking, and then to neutralize the threat by non-telepathic means. He is by and large a pacifist, but if forced to resort to violence, he is a formidable enemy. He believes strongly in the founding ideals and principles of the Federation… blatant violation of those ideals may be considered just cause to display his more martial side. 

===Combat skills===
Baryn is accomplished in several forms of primarily defensive martial arts, especially favoring an old Earth form known as Capoeira, which, in its modern form, combines moves taken from Karate and Tae Kwon Do with its more traditional maneuvers. Capoeira is derived primarily from the regions once known as Africa on Earth, rather than from the Orient. It emphasizes fast acrobatic maneuvers as feints to facilitate effective striking techniques, combined with locks, throws, and leg sweeps. Music and dancing are also taught in the traditional modes, especially in Brazil, the center of the art for the last several centuries. There, Capoeira is considered almost as much a performing art as a form of combat.

===Hobbies===
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Baryn is an avid gardener. Of course, this passion can be a bit difficult to accommodate aboard a starship, but he tends to find creative ways to do so. Both his quarters and his office can strongly resemble barely-cultivated jungles when his plants are all in full leaf. His favorite specimen is good-sized muktok plant, which was a graduation gift, sent from his mother. He keeps it in his office, as its and sweet scent and the soft chiming produced by it’s flowers has proved to be as therapeutically calming to his clients as it is to him.

He is also an accomplished musician, having mastery of several forms of keyboard-based instruments. He favors the piano, and can often be found playing in Ten Forward when he is off shift. While in the Academy on earth, he was introduced to “Big Band” music. He especially admires with the work of 20/21st Century Big Band revivalist, composer and jazz pianist Harry Connick Jr.