Aura steps to the edge of the shoreline and sticking one toe in the water, a delicious shiver flutters up her spine as the cool water hits her nerve center.  Nicely cool without being too cold, Aura knows they will relish the cooling effect on their heat weary bodies.  Striping quickly of all her cloths, Aura slips into the welcome coolness and ducks under the water to cool her entire body.  Bouncing to the top, she wipes the wetness from her face and calls out, "The water is wonderful, come in!"  With slow, languid strokes she swims toward the small waterfall on the west end of the pool.  She carried a small piece of the soap in her left hand and would wash her hair under the falls.  She also wanted the falls for another reason.  Once she got there, she stood under the water and for the first time since the ship exploaded, Aura allowed herself to cry. Letting the water wash away her tears and the sound of the falls carry away her sobs, she gave into the grief that she had been pushing to the back of her mind.  Now, in the privacy of the falls, she could let slip the tears for all those who had died coming to what they had hoped would be their new home.  She cried for the ones who longed to settle a new world; she cried for her animals and the work they had done securing them; she cried for the crew she had cared for and most likely had lost, but most of all, she had cried for the children--all the sweet babies who had never even been woken up from stasis, who died quietly in their dreams.  She wasn't sure how long she stood there.  Time didn't matter when one mourned.  Afterwards, later when she had finished her bath, she would preform her peoples remembrance ritual for those who had died.  And then, like all her people, she would move on.  The best way to immortalize someone, was to continue to live.  Besides, it would be hypocritical of Aura to not, she had come alone to settle this new world.  But for a few members of her staff, she really knew no one.  To mourn overmuch seemed to make their deaths trite.<br/><br/>Heaving a heavy sigh, Aura used the soap and began cleaning herself.  Once she was done, she swam back to where her cloths were lying, and pulled them into the water for a good scrubbing as well.<br/><br/>Climbing out of the pool, she shook out her hair, then padded over to a flat rock and lying a drying cloth on it, stretched the length of it to sun herself for awhile.  Seeing the Sheriff about finished with his bath, she motioned for him to join her.<br/><br/><br/>