<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d7/Maira-Snowpaw.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ensign Maira Snowpaw (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Maira_Snowpaw)<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Helm Station, Watching Par actually repairing damage, eventually leaving the bridge<br/><br/><strong>Time:</strong>Mid Morning<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Chief Petty Officer Par, Captain Lyra Core, Open to all bridge officers and crew<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Maira kept powering the ship as she heard Par explaining what happened to the Captain.  It seemed to her that Par knew exactly what she was doing and actually doing it right.  Still in that same hum, she kept the ship on autopilot as she let par continue to work on the power bus.  The old school ratchets reminded her of the days back home on Earth when she was tinkering was replicators trying to make them perform better.  Oh, those were the days when she was alone and tinkering with things away from her father.<br/><br/>She didn't want to be reminded of her father as she shook a voice out of her head.  "No, Klesh.  He's gone... gone forever.  Don't frighten me anymore."  She whispered as a tear came down from her eye.  Looking back towards Par, she was realizing that par was almost done with the repairs... and not a moment too soon.  The green light came on as she started to take manual control over the piloting.  It seemed to happen just in time as Ensign Driscoll came to take over.  "Oh... sorry, Here you go.  Course is still the same."  She ordered as her relief came in.<br/><br/>Maira left her station in a hurry, not wanting anyone else to see her tears and her fears taht were starting to overtake her.  Letting out a calming Navajo prayer that was almost the same rhythm as the one sung earlier, the saw the turbolift doors opening up as she left the bridge.<br/><br/>Heading to her quarters, she was hoping that her roomate was not in just yet as she started to clean up her tears from her face.  "I can do this.  I can trust her.  You've have no one in your life taht even seemed to care.  maybe she is the first."  She spoke to herself as she looked at herself in the mirror.  Finally finishing up her cleaning and her song, she left towards Ten Forward with a new hope in her eyes and maybe a new found friendship for the very first time in her life.