goodobservationshirley: i didn’t pay attention to what pike was reading on the way to the ship

goodobservationshirley:

i didn’t pay attention to what pike was reading on the way to the ship in ep1, i assumed it was about Una’s mission and never checked. but i recently rewatched it and the word “gorn” caught my attention, since i now know what it refers to, so i paused to read the whole thing. it’s la’an’s file. here’s the paragraph about when la’an was first rescued:

The description by Noonien-Singh of the captors was vague, as the child has sustained, in the words of the examining physician, “substantial and heavy physical, emotional and psychological trauma” and it would be a miracle if the child were to recover to a functional level.