[USS Chimera] SD 240810.30 - Personal Log - Ensign Karishma Padmini (AMO)

(This is a big of a back log) *Commence log* =/\= Karishma's Quarters =/\= Finally, I am aboard the USS Chimera and ready to report for duty.  Once I am finished recording this log, I am going to report to the CMO, a personage by the name of Lieutenant Commander MaiKai Rodgers.  Indeed I am quite eager to do so and to begin my work aboard this starship but there is an issue that irks me greatly.  Before I took my leave of Krios Prime, mother pulled me aside and reprimanded me.  In fact, that was exactly what she did for the bulk of my trip there. "Do you know how irresponsible it is to break with the traditions of your people?" She would admonish in her irate voice laced with coldness. "You have made your family the laughingstock because you joined this "Human Starfleet". You aren't a Human, you are a Kriosian. What of Karan, your husband? What of the life you live on Krios Prime? What of your status? Do any of those things mean nothing to you?" In the beginning, I used to fight mother when she would yell at me but eventually, I just let her win.  Is it a crime to do what I want in life?  Earlier Empathic Metamorphs were forced into marriages for diplomatic and political reasons but I refuse to suffer the same fate.  Indeed being what I am is the curse of my life.  Nevertheless, I had better take my leave for I have business to take care of.   =/\= Karishma's Quarters =/\= *End of Log*