=/\= Kinsi =/\= Athena had played a tag with the kids on the starbase for a while but she got bored and raced into the arboretum. She saw an interesting tree. It had a think trunk with several knubby knots of various sizes. The closest branches to the ground were about six feet up. Athena Jumped and just missed the branch. She tried again and just grabbed it. She used the knots on the trunk to help get herself pulled up onto the branch and then she climbed a bit higher in to the branches. The foliage was a lush green, a bold gold and a vibrant red and it was thick when you got up into the branches. The leaves almost seemed to vine and dangle create its own little alcove in the tree. Athena sat in a spot where one of the branches and the trunk made a prefect seat. Its was almost as if the tree were hugging her at this spot. Athena watched the kids from her spot in the tree as they chased each other and then as they began to wonder where she was she watched as they began to look for her. She put her hands over her mouth to silence her when she would have giggled aloud. Her eyes soon became heavy and her mind started to wonder making its own story as it went and finally her eyes drifted shut. A couple walked through the planted area and Athena sensed their love while she slept. Someone else walked through and she felt their dread; it worried her as she slept. She continued to doze as yet another person walked by. The anger that she sensed from this third person frightened her in her sleep and she awoke with a start. The small jump caused the counselor to loose her balance and she began to fall from the tree. Athena tried to grab at the branches but her sleepy foggy mind threw her depth off. One missed branch and she fell into another hitting her side. She grabbed for another but only managed to scrape her arm from her wrist to her elbow. She threw her hand out in a desperate attempt to stop her decent but came up short again. She fell to the ground with a thump and landed on her arm awkwardly. Athena tried to move to stop the instant aching in her arm but winced with the pain. She remained still and quiet as she let the tears run down her face as she waited for help to arrive. =/\= End Log =/\= Lt. Athena Wellington Counselor USS Chimera