Reviewer: Miranda Fave Signed [Report This]
Date: 12 Dec 2009 15:00 Title: Chapter Five - Part Three

For someone who states she isn't to good at delivering a pep talk Beth gave a rather stirring and rousing speech there. Just the sort needed heading into the treacherous waters they are headed into. Great stuff. Again, more nice moments about her childhood and I like the notion of Beth having orders reiterated to her father so he might get the point. Hee hee.

Author's Response: Yeah - the one thing I couldn't do was really separate the familial relationship between Beth and Riker. He may be her superior officers - but she's still his daughter. And she's already been through the ringer so much about her family, she kind of doesn't care any more. It's actually part of the reason she surrounds herself with people who's parents are also in the service. She doesn't have to explain herself to them. When she makes a comment to Dryden about Riker, she KNOWS he'll know EXACTLY where she's coming from because his mother's an admiral too. Yeah - the little snippet about Riker taking Beth out on a "jaunt"? I loved that. One day I might actually sit down and write a story to flesh that tidbit out.