<span style="font-weight: bold">â€œThank you for the report. Until further notice all pilots are to relax and try to unwind for a bit. We are still on alert but I want my pilots to be well rested and of the right â€˜mindâ€™ for when we are attacked again. So just consider yourself on leave for the time being, we should be safe for a few days with that jump and our systems are back up and running again with added precautions so we should be good there as wellâ€ she said to them standing and moving to her replicator to get herself a cup of hot chocolate. Turning to face them as they still stood there, â€œWhat are you two still doing here?â€ she asked with a grin, the replicator beeping indicating that her drink was done. Taking it and bringing it to her lips she blew on it gently, â€œGo on and get out of here. You two are free and I have work to do. So go on now and go, youâ€™re dismissed,â€ she told them with a smile before taking a slow sip of her drink.</span><br/><br/>Jared nodded and left, once out in the hall though he stopped and leaned heavily on the wall. He hoped that this time they would get some relaxation but considering recent events Jared was anything but optimistic. He looks over to Veronica with his tired eyes, â€œI really hate to ask butâ€¦ could we go to your quarters?â€<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Veronica only gave him a soft smile as she went to his side, draping his arm over her shoulder so that he could lean upon her. "I was going to suggest it myself since it was closer"</span><br/><br/>â€œThank you,â€ He whispered and he did lean on her a little on the way to her quarters. He had never felt this drained and stressed before and it just felt like he was going to collapse inward from the strain. Though relatively speaking the trip wasnâ€™t very long, to Jared it seemed like an eternity before they reached the room and as soon he was inside he just fell into a seat and buried his face in his hands.<br/><br/>He wasnâ€™t sure how long he just sat there taking long, difficult breathes. Eventually he fell back into the chair, resting his head back and staring at the ceiling and after a short pause he spoke. â€œWhy do you do it, Veronica?â€ The was another pause before he brought his gaze down to look at her, part of him wanting to reach out for her and another part wanting to just fall to the floor. â€œWhy do you keep up the fightâ€¦ the search for a new world?â€ Jared wasnâ€™t even sure if he was looking for an answer really or something elseâ€¦ He justâ€¦ he wasnâ€™t even sureâ€¦