Stardate 2260.03109

In my office, catching my breath. Guess I'm lucky Ensign Vandermeer didn't break my jaw. At least that means I can repair the damage myself instead of having to drag Christine into this mess. The punch didn't bother me as much as his accusation that my treatment of Ensign Terrick equates to torture. Yeah, part of me knows that understanding things have to be taken in stages to reach the best outcome is hard for a non-medical person to comprehend, but does the crew really think I'd deliberately inflict pain on someone?