Though Veronica tried to hide it, Jared's enhanced hearing caught the stifled sob and the shift in her breathing as she tried control herself. Jared's upbeat demeanor shifted to concern and his process of dressing came to a halt. In just a T-shirt and briefs he is standing behind her by the time she turns around.<br/><br/>Despite her attempt at a cheery mood, Jared face did not lighten and still looked upon her with deep concern. "Something is the matter, am I right?" Jared asks softly, nervously to almost the point of being scared about what it might be, "I was not sure at first but... whatever it is, it's getting worse and you're trying to hide it..." Before she can respond or move, Jared put his hands gently on her shoulders and looking into her eye with deep love, care, and concern. "What can you not seem to tell me? Is it really... that bad?" Jared's worried tone becoming a bit more apparent.<br/><br/>Of course Jared's thought were on his fiancÃ©'s health and the baby's. His mind spiraling through  so many bad scenarios. Was something wrong with the baby? Was Veronica's body reacting badly to the mish mash of genes? Was she having second thoughts? Was she scared or uncertain? The more he thought, the more he worried about her, the baby... them. What was it?!<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Veronica felt trapped. There he stood before her, nearly demanding an answer from her. The truth. Oh how she wished she could tell him the truth. Tell him every dirty detail of it all, so that she could finally be free and they could be completely together. Yet would that really be the case? Would he still love her even after.... Her thoughts drifting away from that to focus on answering, for she knew he would not let this drop. So she did the only thing she could do and was a master at; she lied. Looking away from his eyes she allowed herself to cry. Tears rolling down her cheeks as a soft sob escaped her lips, "I am just worried..." she began as she looked back to him. "Worried about our future....about the baby...I mean is right to bring it into this world? There is so much hate, so much violence and pain...." she closed her eyes and sobbed again as she tried to lean into him and bury her face in his chest. "I am just scared" she finished with another sob and she would continue to cry if he would allow her to bury her face in his chest.</span><br/><br/>Jared hugs Veronica close when she leans in to sob on him, feeling his heart ache at seeing Veronica so fearful and upset... It probably made it worse that she had no one else. She had told him how her family was dead and she never before the Elyandra really made friends with anyone. Even now when he thought about it, Veronica seemed to keep some small distance between her and those on board. He was all she had behind the tough and proper exterior she showed most of the time to others.<br/><br/>He was quiet for a bit, letting Veronica cry her worries out while he rocked her slightly in his hug in attempt to soothe her. "I'm not sure there is a right answer to that question, Veronica," Jared says softly, "Our parent's probably thought similar thoughts when they had us... The universe hasn't exactly been friendly in recent years." He is silent again for a bit before finally taking a half step back and looking her over. He leans in and gives her a light kiss just before giving the only suggestion that comes to his mind, "Maybe you should talk to the Captain..." Jared was not sure how well such a suggestion would go but generally speaking: if there was a problem the Captain was the one to see.<br/><br/><br/>************<br/><br/>Jon was not sure what to make of the strange alien woman in front of him, her conversations with her computer making even less sense without translation. The AI seemed pretty protective and strict as he almost thought it was going to attack him or something after he asked about crew. "More to this part of the galaxy?" Jon asked but Rega and her AI were all ready on some new topic that just furthered some confusion with her sudden exclamation and need to go to the bridge.<br/><br/>Jon did not make a fuss or anything though that drone staring at him almost all the time was slightly disconcerting. He was used to AI and robots but it is always odd when it is someone else's... especially being of alien tech. Though he had to admit the chair he was led to was remarkably comfortable but that might just be him with being cramped in a pod injured for who knows how long.<br/><br/>When she brought up the image of the wreckage with the symbol of the Children on it, Jon lowered his face into his hand and wearily commented, "That would be the Children... those who seek our species extinction..." He voice was quiet and devolved into a mumble as he failed to realize his slipping into slumber. It did not seem like Rega heard him as she went right to searching for the ship they had detected. It was not long after that he completely passed out into sleep from the stress his body had endured as of late.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Jon, I take it by your expression that these people are not the good guys?" Rega asked. </span><br/><br/>Rega only received silence back as a response but after a moment it would probably be clear that Jon was asleep. In truth, Jon's expression was one of someone having a bad dream in deep sleep. It did not long after her pointing out the symbol that he completely passed out into sleep from the stress his body had endured as of late. The likelihood of waking him easily was very slim as Jon was an engineer through in through. Having slept near the roar of engines or malfunctioning equipment so often had drilled his body into grabbing rest where ever it could... only waking to alarms, and sounds of something off in the machinery. This was especially the case now as this was the first real sleep he had in the who knows how long he had been in that pod. Being kept shifting back and forth from waking to unconsciousness by his injuries and the emergency systems. A murmur and a shift in the seat to get more comfortable was the most reaction she was going to get at that time.