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"Given the profund changes that have been thrust upon Cadet Vetri, I can only assume that a combination of innate will, and an excellent level of support both on Trill and Betazed have allowed her to maintain her balance.  The Symbiosis Comission prepare their candidates well for joining, which has helped enormously, especially in the case of what happened with her fiancee, and I thank Allah that they did their job so well.  In general, I believe Cadet Vetri to be fine for duty, though she does appear to have some issues with intimacy and personal space, probably due to her empathic abilities." - Lt. Sayiid Khan, Starfleet Academy, Stardate 238505.23

Della's empathy is strong, but largely untapped.  She is able to recieve emotional broadcasts from pretty much any species with a two-lobed brain, at a respectable distance, but doing so requires her to concentrate, and she has little in the way of a buffer to protect her from surges of exceptionally intense feeling.  There have been incidents of her getting a spontaneous "read" off of another person, but these are uncommon, and occur only with physical contact.  This is perhaps a good thing, as she has even less protection than normal in these cases.