"Whoa, whoa!" Graves immediately placed his hand on Ash's shoulder when she shot up and smashed into the ceiling. Then, he raised an eyebrow at her mention of hair. She always [i]did[/i] have a fascination with her red hair, and she kept it as long as regulations would allow. Which is to say, shoulder-level. Graves let out a loose chuckle. "Are you having ridiculous nightmares again?" He asked. "Were you fighting a crazy barber drone this time?" 

However, his genuine laughter turned into a nervous chuckle when she asked who he was. She kept asking about names like 'Clarrik' and 'Ryne', or something like that. This time, he put his other hand on her. "Uh, I'm Graves. Ethan Graves. You know, your [i]bunkmate?[/i]" He sighed and stepped closer. "You're on the [i]Interloper[/i] right now, remember?"

Then he noticed that there was something else wrong with her. There was nothing but pure terror in her usual emerald eyes. Ash wasn't one to show fear very often. "Hey, are you feeling alright?" He asked, concerned. Maybe the weeks of nonstop fighting had finally gotten to her, or the wound she received the previous day was something else entirely. "Do you want to visit the infirmary for a while?"

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Eyes still darting around her unfamiliar surroundings and the man, she growled in frustration. Just where the hell was she? And why was it so fucking cold? Yeah, she had fought on several frozen ice cubes before, but she was in her armour, which had regulated temperature via thermal gel layer. It was almost like that time she took a trip to Asgard, and that entire planet was frozen over, except several terraformed spots for human civilisation. 

"Serenei? Serenei, are you...are you alright?" Ash suddenly heard the man say, and she refocuses her gaze on him. "What is wrong? What's the matter?"

"What's the matter? [i]What's the matter?![/i]" The now-brunette almost yelled. "Hey, asshole. I should be asking you that question." She took a few angry steps towards him. "Who the hell are you? Where the hell am I? And what the fuck is going on?!" 

The door suddenly opened, and a young girl appeared, saying that she had come to wake Ash up, before stopping dead in her tracks, apologising, and back paddling out. 

"Serenei?" The man asked, taking a step towards her. Ash instinctively raised her fists. 

"Don't fucking touch me. Who's Serenay or Serenai or whatever?"