Since no questions were forthcoming, Sion quickly walked up to Maya and whispered something in her ear; a pall of slight worry descending on her otherwise unstoppable smile.  "Well," she began, a hint of disappointment in her voice, "you are free for 12 hours to get acclimated to the carrier.  A map has already been uploaded to everyone's drive profile. Dismissed.  Don't get in trouble now."

Solomon had, this entire time, stood respectfully at attention as he was now in the presence of other Ascendeds, Ascendeds who also happened to be his superior officers.  "Ensign Solomon Lear, reporting for duty. Permission to speak casually," Solomon asked, approaching Maya.

Maya blinked hesitantly, all the while still keeping up her friendly smile.  She glanced over quickly at Sion, who stood silently next to her, then back at Solomon.  "Of course."

"I just wanted to say what an honor it is to be serving under the command of a noble.  Lieutenant Reese mentioned your name on the shuttle, but I only just now remembered why I had heard it before," Solomon gushed.  To the others who had seen his behavior earlier on the shuttle, it was pretty disgusting.

"Actually, Ensign Lear...we need to talk," Maya said, trying not to spoil Solomon's good mood.  By this time, Sion had walked over to Captain Hargreaves and was whispering to her as well.  Catherine pulled out her drive and sent a quick text.  Within a few moments, the chief hangar engineer, a gruff looking older man came over from the cog bay.

"Seaman Rogers?" asked the engineer, looking around at the new arrivals.

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Claire looked at Tera and nodded, doing as she had suggested. "I'm sorry about my sister's behaviour. She isn't friendly to a lot of people." Claire said. If she kept acting like this, Blythe would never make any friends. Deciding to push the thoughts aside, Claire looked at and admired the cogs. 
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In response to Claire, Tera said, "But it's not entirely her fault, is it?"  Tera saw Blythe's behavior as a defense mechanism.  It was her upbringing in and around hospitals caring for humans that prompted her to notice things like this and try to help.