Well, asking her to join in for celebrating the sixth year of transmissions...that didn't go well did it?

Eh...eh....nooo it didn't...

You alright? Know you get squirmy around guns.

Y-yeah...I'm fine...fine...

Esh, Aeryn would know that by now, but then again, that's a soldier for ya.

You'd think...after so long together we'd...get along...

Well, it's better than it was at the start, remember?

Yeah...was surprised that a ship from home just suddenly showed up!

You and me both. When they started going on about military clearance to dock, I knew there was going to be trouble. Never really liked officials in the military...

Said they were part of Talon too. Those are elites!

Yeeeeaaahh...I don't regret trying to delay their arrival. I mean heck, ME being blamed for STEALING the Arbitrator? Yeah, I didn't steal it, the ship turned on on it's own. Still figuring that bit out...

Was a bit of a shocker...being Aeryn and all.

When you think military, you think big strong guys, it's just the first thing that comes to mind. But a chick? That was unexpected. I mean I don't doubt there are good ones, I just never had the intention to have one stick a pulse rifle in my face.

M-mine too. That...never...gets easier.

I know. Boy, was it tough to convince her that I was legally part of the crew and didn't take the thing on my own voalition...

Even harder to convince I was in the clear too....

Yeah that was rough. I was a bit worried we'd be dragged back home for interrogation or something.

But...we...don't know how we got here orbiting Earth. I mean, we were both in the ship when it happened right? And she was in that Talon fighter of hers...

*shrugs* Alma proposed some time dilation thing, like she got caught in the same thing that made whatever happened to us to appear here.

Yeah...still figuring that out. Ironic that Aeryn's military clearance opened up new parts of the ship for us.

Yeah...not like it's all good. And it certainly wasn't good fo everyone that, turns out, she's stuck here too.

Yeah...she makes that amply clear...

Ugh...as much as a pain Aeryn is...she is probably the most experienced one in the field compared to us. I mean, granted, there's a lot of things we know that she doesn't.

Still...guess good to have a person with a steady...trigger...finger...

Yeeeaahhh.

Oh! You're no slouch Az, not one bit, I've seen you punch walls.

No, I get what you mean. She's been...eeerrrrmmm...an...asset. Ugh, don't tell her I said that.

She doesn't like me either. Well...maybe a little better since the first meeting. I mean, weapons aside, I think we'll get along someday.

Yeah, right, and I'd let her change me. Give me a break...soon as she finds a way back home, she'll drag us off to Talon HQ to find out what the heck happened with the ship. We won't have answers, so they'll throw us in a cell, and we'll be there until they figure it out themselves. After a decade or two.

I don't know how far dragons age, but I'm pretty sure that's a lot to someone like me!

Yeah. So don't get too chummy. From all she's done, I'll give Aeryn some credit, but I'm not about to let Talon or any of the suits claw their way into things. Got enough trouble with some of the things on this ship alone.'

Well, at least we're all going through it together.

Well she's a soldier, she'll tough it out just like we have, and we're civilians. I mean heck, she's the daughter of a freakin' general for skies sake. Had the unfortunate luck of actually meeting the guy.

Aeryn's dad? How'd that go again?

Hated the guy. He has that same disposition most morons have meeting me the first time. What kind of jerk gives you lip when you're helping to build their freakin' project? Teh, commenting it was ironic, "a disposable on the disposable"...what the heck is that suppose to mean? That jerk's the trash...

Wow that's harsh...can see why you might have been nervous that someone from the military was coming on the ship all that time ago...

Yeah. And I can see some of it in Aeryn from time to time. But whatever...we've all been through a lot and are still alive. So guess thankful for that. And ok, she's not...all that bad. Just tough to deal with sometimes. Could have been worse, that's for sure.

That's like the ship motto.

No, that's "There's Always Something".

If it's something dangerous, Aeryn'll shoot it heh.

Annnnd that's why she's part of the crew.