Thanks for asking about my beloveds!
Do they try to prevent unnecessary suffering?
Volte definitely works to prevent suffering. As a Chief Medical Officer, and now community doctor following the end of The Clone War, he is completely invested in his patients’ health. He is going to jump on helping anyone in pain or suffering, and do is best to overcome. Though as a medical person, he recognizes the value of dignified death, when everyone agrees nothing else can be done.
How easy is it for them to get lost in despair?
Volte carries a lot of personal guilt and grief over those he couldn’t save. It’s hard for a medical person surrounded by death to keep their head above water, so to speak, so there are many days when he’s haunted. At times like that, he tends to lean into his friendship with his General, Lara Lin, because she also has dabbled in healthcare on her homeworld and understands the emotional toll it can take on a person. There is always a ray of hope that he will save the next patient, and the next and maybe even find the cure so some disease and be able to save even more, so the stubborn streak of hope usually prevents him from falling into complete despair.
How do they view the world? Are they an optimist? A pessimist? A realist?
Volte is a Chief Medical Officer, and he struggles with the same issues as many Emergency/Trauma, Critical Care specialists, no matter what galaxy they hail from. The losses of people he couldn’t save haunt him, and tend to make their mark on him by allowing some pessimism to show through at times. He’s a realist, but on the darker side. He knows he can’t save everyone, but damned if he’s not going to try, and if he fails, it will still eat him up. The man will never quit; there is ALWAYS the hope of saving the next person, finding the secret to helping more. While the bitterness of loss creeps through many days, there is an external, stubborn streak of hope in Volte that won’t ever die.
