Tera bit her lip; she had only intended to criticize herself for what she had said, but had unfortunately made Claire feel bad as well.  "Well, your points are still valid," Tera said, trying to reassure Claire, "And caution does not equate suspicion."  Tera decided it might simply be better to change the subject, "So, how's training?  Getting the hang of the simulation?  Most of my sessions seem to be tutorials on all the sensor capabilities."

[hr]
Israfil followed the map in his drive and led Mike to a hallway that did actually have windows.  Looking out, it was an empty expanse of space, a sphere about a kilometer in radius around the formation of four ships.  Surrounding this sphere was a translucent barrier with a bright, iridescent shimmer that created a streaking rainbow effect as the stars of the galaxy zoomed past.  At the front of the hyperspace bubble, the destination could be seen, obscured by an aurora spray, while behind, the planet they had left could be also seen, crowned by a similar aurora effect.  Due to the spacefolding phenomenon, both the destination and the origin would be visible for the entirety of the jump.  Israfil had never seen this before except when he had gone out training just a bit ago, but didn't have time to appreciate it.  He smiled to himself as he stared out at the wonderful display of color, feeling a bit embarrassed, because he had been mocked before for appreciating natural beauty.  Despite this, he felt he had to show Mike, even if Mike would think of him as 'girly' from now on.