When she had first stood before the captain, Kat thought of a few things she could say to hopefully get them off the hook but that was all shot down when the captain started laughing. Surprised, she gave him a sort of puzzled look and tilted her head ever so slightly while he assigned them to cleaning duty for god knows how long. Deciding that the look was disrespectful she immediately straightened herself up again so she didnâ€™t seem out of line. Hopefully it would just a few days to a week and not the rest of the month or something. Just because Kat was a woman doesnâ€™t mean she enjoyed cleaning, however if it meant she wasnâ€™t losing her job then she was not going to voice a complaint. A sigh of relief escaped her instead. This had been a long week; maybe taking a few days to cleanâ€¦ the entire shipâ€¦ wouldnâ€™t be so bad. Then again after that little show it wouldnâ€™t surprise her if her and Eric were kept separated until it was all over.<br/><br/>Kat did well to hide the faint smile that appeared when the captain had mentioned that she and Eric were probably his best officers thanks to her serious expression. Her previous thoughts still stood about them perhaps being too good of partners for their own good but it was more for personal amusement now. Considering the fact that they, even if it was by chance, managed to capture Thomas after he escaped from wherever he had been it was probably proof enough that was true. They really did work damn well together though by now that went without saying. Right now it just made her feel better knowing she would still be working with Eric when it was all said and done.<br/><br/>Everything went a hell of a lot better than she expected it to at the start. There were no arguments or anything of the like involved, and no saying good bye or anything. Nothing. In the end it was somewhat peaceful and it put her at ease. Unfortunately the mention of Thomas definitely erased some of that ease but before she could even place much thought on it the captain silenced her. â€œI wasnâ€™t even planning on mentioning anything, honestly.â€ She told him matter-of-factly, her voice was a bit of a murmur since even the slightest mention of the events did put her mood down. Nevertheless she still showed respect in her tone as to not test her ground and dig her hole any deeper than it was. At first she had planned to bring it up but why push it when her punishment was nowhere near as severe as she thought it was going to be. He was being generous enough to let them off pretty easy this time.<br/><br/>Compared to what could have happened this was more or less just a slap on the wrist and she was grateful that she was keeping her job.<br/><br/>Looking to Eric with a smile before returning her attention to the captain, â€œYes sir, Iâ€™ll get on it right away,â€ she spoke again with a nod, standing a bit straighter, trying her best to suppress the wave of various emotions that kept hitting her. It could be right this second or a week from now when they were to do the cleaning but she figured it was best to say that she was ready whenever. Even if taking care of the elderly and doing all the laundry was not something she was looking forward toâ€¦ Procrastination was never her thing anyway, as mentioned before, so she felt she needed to get it done as quickly as possible as always. At the same time she would probably have to take it easy lest she injure herself or agitate her still healing wounds. She had almost forgotten about them, good thing she remembered at the last minute.