Beverly's smile broadens just a little bit more. Honestly, she isn't all that surprised to hear how young Peggy really is. With how mature she is and how much older she acts, Peggy really does remind Beverly a bit of Wesley and any of a number of other young Starfleet officers who have all had the discipline, determination, and maturity that Peggy shows.
It's also nice to see that her sense of humor is still intact and she can take a little of Beverly's good-natured teasing.
When the question finally comes, Beverly tilts her head back slightly and lets out a breath of air. She isn't surprised to hear that particular curiosity, but it's one of the hardest to explain. There's a lot about it that even she doesn't know, that Wesley didn't really know before he set out. How does she even begin to explain that?
"I don't honestly know," she admits, her gaze moving up towards the ceiling for a moment so she can gather her thoughts. "Sometimes I think I put too much pressure on him too early, with all those stories of his father. He wanted so much to follow in Jack's footsteps for so long until he realized that he didn't have to. So when the opportunity came to really learn and grow and become himself and not just his father's son, he took it."
That's the short story, the less involved story. The one that doesn't actually explain anything. Letting her gaze fall back to Peggy, she offers an apologetic sort of smile. Time to get down to the meat of it.
"I think by now it's probably pointless to deny that my organization doesn't just explore. We explore space. We travel the stars and honestly the last time I was grounded on a planet like this was... two years ago." And that was because the Enterprise-D had crashed and they were waiting for the Enterprise-E to be built. "I think Wesley wanted to be an officer because of Jack, but he developed... I don't know. The ability to affect existence with thought? It was all a little confusing. All I know is he's literally traveling and exploring other planes of existence. I haven't seen him in three years."
The unspoken ending is that she honestly doesn't know if she'll ever see him again. She doesn't know if he's alive or dead or if he's become part of some energy something out in the universe. She chooses to believe that he's living his dream and learning all he can from the Traveler. If she doesn't, if she ever finds out that he's gone, she'll lose herself and it'll be far worse than the day she found out that her husband had been killed.
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It's also nice to see that her sense of humor is still intact and she can take a little of Beverly's good-natured teasing.
When the question finally comes, Beverly tilts her head back slightly and lets out a breath of air. She isn't surprised to hear that particular curiosity, but it's one of the hardest to explain. There's a lot about it that even she doesn't know, that Wesley didn't really know before he set out. How does she even begin to explain that?
"I don't honestly know," she admits, her gaze moving up towards the ceiling for a moment so she can gather her thoughts. "Sometimes I think I put too much pressure on him too early, with all those stories of his father. He wanted so much to follow in Jack's footsteps for so long until he realized that he didn't have to. So when the opportunity came to really learn and grow and become himself and not just his father's son, he took it."
That's the short story, the less involved story. The one that doesn't actually explain anything. Letting her gaze fall back to Peggy, she offers an apologetic sort of smile. Time to get down to the meat of it.
"I think by now it's probably pointless to deny that my organization doesn't just explore. We explore space. We travel the stars and honestly the last time I was grounded on a planet like this was... two years ago." And that was because the Enterprise-D had crashed and they were waiting for the Enterprise-E to be built. "I think Wesley wanted to be an officer because of Jack, but he developed... I don't know. The ability to affect existence with thought? It was all a little confusing. All I know is he's literally traveling and exploring other planes of existence. I haven't seen him in three years."
The unspoken ending is that she honestly doesn't know if she'll ever see him again. She doesn't know if he's alive or dead or if he's become part of some energy something out in the universe. She chooses to believe that he's living his dream and learning all he can from the Traveler. If she doesn't, if she ever finds out that he's gone, she'll lose herself and it'll be far worse than the day she found out that her husband had been killed.