It was obvious from the way that she spoke about her data that the thought had not occurred to her that it might be the cause of all these problems. After all, no one but her family and a few top level executives knew where she was, and fewer still what she was actually doing. Most of the board members were still in the dark about the issues that were occuring, not wanting to scare anyone or risk the info leaking to the outside. Her family had controlled the transportation and communication lanes of the galaxy for multiple centuries and eight or so generations. To show cracks in their foundation now would be the worst possible fate, at a terrible time in their history.<br/><br/>She and her cousin who did not get along due to their difference in opinions and level of responsibility were both slated to inherit the company, effectively splitting it in two, separating the communications side of things from the transportation, though it would remain one company in name, at least. The worst thing that could happen was to cause people to believe there was internal issues at such a tenuous time, and give an opportunity for a lesser company to fill in the gaps. There had already been a few that they’d bought out, or outright quashed, with some great ideas and inventions for localized communications, improving those to FTL speeds, though only just. And the signals were too weak to reach beyond a local system, the tech too expensive for most systems to afford.<br/><br/>“I don’t want to impose…” she said, starting to protest when he suggested putting her in the XO’s quarters, but something about his tone and the dark skinned woman’s reaction to him cause her to quash that thought. There was obviously something going on there that she missed, and she wasn’t about to protest without understanding the reasoning behind it.<br/><br/>“Thank you.” she finished, nodding again respectfully to the captain. “I… shall endeavor to stay out of everyone’s way and not make a burden of myself.” she offered, unsure of what else to say, suddenly wanting to just be alone, her heart pounding with grief in her chest over all that had happened as the adrenaline finished working its way out of her system.