<div align="center"><strong>-=Dani, in the infirmary, which is feeling something like Grand Central Station right about now...=-</strong></div><br/>The first that Dani knew Sasha was in the infirmary was when she heard her voice, obviously annoyed, berating Vincent.  Turning quickly, she was about to ask the First Officer to wait until her patient was in better health before she gave him the third degree, but one look at the woman’s face and it was obvious she was in no mood to be reasoned with.  As for Sasha’s claim that it would be better for her to question the co-pilot than Griff, Dani wasn’t so sure.  She looked positively thunderous.  Deciding that discretion was the better part of valour, Dani didn’t try to stop Vincent leaving. Watching his retreating back as he exited the infirmary, she could see that he was walking tenderly, every step likely jarring through his battered and bruised body like someone hitting him repeatedly with a piece of four-be-two.  The medic cringed in sympathy and hoped that Sasha would be mindful that he’d taken quite a beating in his defence of their pilot.<br/><br/>Mae’s grumbling was not unexpected, given that her beau had just been ripped from her grasp after only minutes together, and Dani crossed to her side, brushing the long blonde hair back from her friend’s face and tucking it behind her ear in a very motherly gesture.  “I know you do, Mei-mei,” she responded to the girl’s request to be allowed to go to her room.  “I know you think I’ve fixed you up good, but I have to keep you here to do your obs.  I can’t risk you being out of the infirmary just yet.  You could be bleeding on the brain, and if you’re in your quarters, you could be dead before I can get there!”  That was a little bit of an exaggeration, but Dani knew that only shock tactics would work with Mae at this point, so great was her disappointment at Vincent’s exit.  She wrapped her arm around her young patient just as Si cleared his throat in the doorway.  Dani looked up and smiled, pleased to see a face that wasn’t glaring either at her, or at her charge.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Doctor. Not the best of days, perhaps, but things could have been worse. I see you handled the home ground well on your own. I do believe you have more than earned these."</em></strong><br/><br/>Dani blushed crimson as Si presented her with the bouquet of flowers.  It was more than she ever expected, especially given the events of the day had caused her to completely forget that he had offered to take a picture of some flowers for her.<br/><br/><strong><em>"I should have thought to pick up one of those vases while I was at it.”</em></strong><br/><br/>Dani held the flowers to her face, closed her eyes, and breathed in their heady scent deeply.  It’d been so long since she’d seen real flowers, let alone smelled them, and a wave of nostalgia washed over the medic as she remembered how she and David had taken such pride in their little garden.<br/><br/>“Thankyou, Simeon.  They’re beautiful.”  Dani’s voice almost cracked as she tried to express her gratitude to the man who seemed to take everything from flower shopping to ship security in his stride.  “And never mind about a vase…I’m sure there’ll be something I can use in the galley.”<br/><br/>The arrival of Griff saved Dani from trying to make further conversation with Si.  She was truly grateful for his thoughtfulness, but she was at something of a loss for words.  Although she had come a long way with feeling comfortable around the crew, it would still be some time before the young woman would be able to gracefully accept the compliments or attention of a man, even in the friendly, non-threatening manner that Si had offered both.<br/><br/><em><strong>“Ah, I see that my pilot is awake. How is she doing, Dani?  Where’s Mr. Kincaid?”</strong></em><br/><br/>As someone who spent a lot of time watching people, Dani couldn’t fail to miss the irritated look that the Captain threw Simeon.  She wondered what had gone on planetside that had everyone so all-fired tetchy.  Knowing better than to ask, though, she instead addressed each of Griff’s questions in turn.<br/><br/>“Mae seems fine, Griff, although I’m keeping her in the infirmary over night for observation, just to be sure there’s no slow bleed into her brain.” Again, shock tactics to get her point across.  “Sasha has taken Vincent to her quarters for questioning…against doctor’s orders.”  Dani couldn’t quite hide her annoyance at the First Officer for completely disregarding her wishes.  “He’s going to okay as well.  But I’ve revoked flight status for both of them.”  She watched Griff’s face carefully, waiting for the flair of temper.  “I’m sorry, Griff.  But they’re both grounded.”  She offered the Captain a small smile, knowing that her orders would mean that he himself would now likely have to fly them off Persephone.  She hoped he would realise that she really had no other choice.<br/>