Editing Newsletter/Fall 2008 (section)

== Counselor's Corner ==

Our Klingon Counselor is played by [[Lanista|Frank Truelove]][[Image:Klingon Counselor.jpg|thumb|left|Counselor qeSwI' qaybe']]

'''Counselor qeSwI' qaybe''''

'''I am a Yeoman assigned to Space Station Geneva. Some have referred to me as the Devil due to my sarcastic wit, although my sister used to say that my wit is sharp enough to sometimes bite.'''

'''I am struggling with finding myself liking a handsome young man that I do not wish to like after being cruelly used, betrayed, and then tossed aside like so much trash by a former lover who turned out to be a spy. I lost my father during one of the battles for Earth and my sister who was a scientist based on Andoria that disappeared in one of the prisoner camps. I have no other family.''' 

'''After so much loss and such terrible betrayal, I find it difficult to trust or love again. I want to move on with my life, but I don't want to be hurt again. There are still days when I find myself swamped by grief and pain.  How do I move on?'''

'''There are those that say I should just 'get over it' and that is an easy thing to say, but a hard thing to do and I am not sure how. But I don't want to give up either. Working my shifts has been the only way for me to cope so far.'''

'''What should I do about my infatuation with this young Engineer?'''

'''Yelling Yeoman'''



Yelling Yeoman,

Devil? Would that be veqlargh (for Fek'lhr) or Qatlh (as in DenIbya' Qatlh for Denebian slime devil)?

Your sarcastic wit is sharp enough to bite? Why waste time with wit when you could actually bite?

You like a handsome young man but hold your forces in reserve because you were betrayed by a spy. Is the handsome young man the spy? If so, deal with him as you would any dishonorable person. If not, why let the past dictate your future? If you have no other family, you owe it to your ancestors to ensure they have some legacy.

To refrain from action because you fear to be hurt again is indefinitely paralyzing. Life, sometimes on a daily basis, brings pain. The only way to avoid all pain is to do nothing. How do you move on, you ask -- by accepting that pain is weakness leaving the body!

So, what should you do about this young Engineer? I return to my own earlier questions: Your sarcastic wit is sharp enough to bite? Why waste time with wit when you could actually bite?

Bite! That is what you should do about the Engineer. Biting is at the beginning of all of the best rituals!

Counselor qeSwI' qaybe