The young woman nodded numbly at the captain's answer, listening and processing, though her reactions were not all there. After all it was hard not to think of the picture of the captain’s children on the desk in his ready room back on her ship. Those words not being spoken about him ever again. There was a brief tug on her arm that brought Tahlia out of her own head, before she stared at the woman, blinking for a moment. “I’m sorry. Yes. lets go.” she replied softly, before turning to the captain and repeating the almost aristocratic slight bow. “Thank you again, Captain… for… everything you’ve done.” she finished, before following after the master at arms.<br/><br/>The more she saw, the more convinced she was that this was one of those ‘Loophole’ vessels, decomissioned by the navy, everything from the general layout, to the scratched out nameplates. The room they entered was clean, devoid of personal effects for the time being, with the XO away on leave. “Its more than enough… better than that coffin of a pod.” Tahlia murmured, looking around as she set her satchel down on the neat as a pin bed. She nodded as the woman continued to speak, before freezing at the mention of a skinsuit, sinking down onto the edge of the bed.<br/><br/>“Ever since we left dock six weeks ago… every one of these relays we’ve stopped to run tests on… he’d been on my case about letting some low level technician handle this. Every time i told him off, went to my room and changed into my skinsuit before heading out… but the captain had been more adamant lately… I… He followed me… and  I snapped when he told me that as an executive of the company my life was more important.” a flash of anger crossed her face at the notion. “I guess I… I just had to get off the ship. I was so angry…” the look twisted to one of guilt as she stopped again, staring at her hands neatly folded in her lap. “The last thing i did was threaten him with a visit to the review board and internal company sanctions for insubordination… I just wanted him to leave me alone so i could do my job…”