The look she gave him was something like bemusement — how was he to know whether she would or would not be fine? But she chose to leave that alone, perhaps simply not wishing to pursue that line of dialogue any further.
Irian's hands folded across her lap, and she regarded him perhaps a little more curiously than usual. He was bright enough, at least, to know that what was stored in the computer's database was, at best, rather limited. And more so than that, given the time period they were in and the state of relations between her people and the Federation.
"If you would like," she answered finally, and if she sounded hesitant she had good reason. Giving away information too freely was always a poor idea, at least where she was concerned — and where most Rihannsu were concerned, to be honest — but some information was publicly available, or at least not sensitive. To have a human curious about her people, on a cultural level, would certainly have been a first for her.
And besides, she always reserved the right not to respond if he asked her anything overly personal. Whether he liked it or not.
"I imagine the information the computer might give you would be biased at best." And at worst, openly skewed toward the unfavorable. Then again, she had never read the Federation database where 'Romulans' were concerned — her experience was with similar files the government of the Empire had had on humans and the Federation, which had been rather hostile and unkind in tone. The Empire had not been terribly interested in painting an accurate picture. Perhaps the Federation was different.
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Irian's hands folded across her lap, and she regarded him perhaps a little more curiously than usual. He was bright enough, at least, to know that what was stored in the computer's database was, at best, rather limited. And more so than that, given the time period they were in and the state of relations between her people and the Federation.
"If you would like," she answered finally, and if she sounded hesitant she had good reason. Giving away information too freely was always a poor idea, at least where she was concerned — and where most Rihannsu were concerned, to be honest — but some information was publicly available, or at least not sensitive. To have a human curious about her people, on a cultural level, would certainly have been a first for her.
And besides, she always reserved the right not to respond if he asked her anything overly personal. Whether he liked it or not.
"I imagine the information the computer might give you would be biased at best." And at worst, openly skewed toward the unfavorable. Then again, she had never read the Federation database where 'Romulans' were concerned — her experience was with similar files the government of the Empire had had on humans and the Federation, which had been rather hostile and unkind in tone. The Empire had not been terribly interested in painting an accurate picture. Perhaps the Federation was different.