Naida saluted once more with a quick "Yessir. Thank you, Sir." Before walking back to her place beside her brother while Esailia slumped in her chair, rubbing her temple as the meeting continued. Things were not adding up in her head. Whether or not the captain of the crawler was ex military, the entire place was spotless, as if they intentionally cleaned up to hide what happened there. They had passed multiple rooms, not all crew quarters. Every one was cleaned up so nicely a drill sergeant would cry with joy...

Nathanial took note of the captain's slumped form, and rested a hand on her shoulder, conveying so many words with a silent gesture. Naida and Edward were on Esailia's other side, muttering to themselves.

"This isn't right." Naida mumbled out the side of her mouth.
"What do you mean?" Edward leaned in to ask.
"You don't clean up unless you're trying to hide something."
"You heard him, the captain was ex-miltiary."
"No, even passenger quarters were clean."
"....what?"
"Yeah, and what's more is that...how'd the three bandits get in without anyone seeing them? Unless they were-"
"Already inside before you."
"Yeah. Waiting to ambush."
Edward tilted his head slightly, her brow furrowing "What if you surprised them?"
"If that's what happened, why were they there?" Naida shot back.
The siblings fell silent, both now thinking about possible answers to the riddle.

As the debriefing came to an end, the Firesquad escorted Esailia back to her hospital room. "We've got eight hours of down time. Use them wisely." Esailia stated, laying back down on her bed. "I don't need supervision by anyone right now. Go, relax you three."

The trio exited the room, looking at each other solemnly. It was only after a few minutes of silence did Nathanial finally speak up "I'm going for a drink, then sleep." before he walked off. Naida and Edward glanced at one another, and simply followed behind...