They can be nice. I've enjoyed the parties thrown on the Enterprise as long as they don't involve helping Captain Picard play diplomat to an ambassador. [ but she smiles anyway. ] Though sometimes those can be fun, too. One time he had to walk around in a headdress. It was an honor to be presented with one and he couldn't take it off until the gathering was over. He wasn't very fond of it.
[ she'd had a hard time not teasing him mercilessly. ]
Why not? [ not enough time? a change in focus? or did something happen? ]