>>5962920“Surely, you must have been woken by that bump we all felt a few hours ago?” She continues primly, “Beta watch were our only real competitors and their Navigator clearly messed up considerably. There was no possible way we could lose even with that ham-fisted mutt of ours at the yoke. I thought it scarcely possible to cause such a jolt to the ship in a simulated scenario in the first place, but that just goes to show how poorly our competition has performed.
“But now our opportunity to show the command crew our superior merit has been denied us. Oh, of all the nerve!” She stamps a taloned foot on the deck emphatically. “And of course the rest of <span class="mu-i">your</span> crew don’t even care that our chance to shine has been squandered, in fact they seem positively elated by the prospect. Please Dallas, you’re a man of reason. Talk some sense into the airheads in there. We need to present a united front if we’re to petition that justice be done.” She twists her neck around to glare behind her and you spy the male members of your crew seated peacefully together, enjoying their breakfast.
You roll your eyes half in amusement, half exasperation. It’s just like Eyes-of-Night to get this excited about an exam and the prospect of showing off the crew’s practised skills. Though you do note her use of <span class="mu-i">your</span> instead of <span class="mu-i">our</span> crew when they were supposedly misbehaving. So much for unity.
“Chin up, Lieutenant. It’ll be alright. Let’s calm down and we’ll talk about it, yeah?” You project the air of a confident commander and smile placatingly as you gently steer the offended owl back into the warmly lit interior of the officer’s mess. You know EoN well enough to be sure that a certain item might be used to distract her. “I was just coming to look for you, anyway, since I found something I thought might pique your interest.” You grin, slyly.
“Oh?” Eon, tilts her head to look at you quizzically, “Something more interesting than our upcoming test? I know you know better than to lie to me Dallas, so this must be good!”
<span class="mu-i">That's caught her attention,</span> You nod knowingly, <span class="mu-i">Hook, line and sinker. Or a net might be a better analogy for a bird,</span> you suppose.
“Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise,” You say. “We could use the freed up time, and your particular talents to examine this.” You produce the vial from your pocket with a dramatic flourish and lean in to whisper. “Fresh from the void core restricted area itself.”
EoN’s eyes light up, her previous worries forgotten as a new vector for research and discovery presents itself before her. You know that her excellence in the fields of Science and Medicine comes partially from her naturally gifted Tyllano <span class="mu-b">MIND</span>, but you’ve sought out your Science officer to assist you in your quest for answers due to another unique <span class="mu-b">trait</span> of hers.