[center][h1][color=gold] LCpl. Kajina Yates[/color][/h1]
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[I]Location: Anvil Station, Commissary. 
Skills: N/A[/I][/center]
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After spending her morning training inside one of Tapo’hatam and her CO’s war games, Yates retreated to her bunk for meditation. Tensions between the humans and the Covena-no, not the Covenant. They were the Swords of Sanghelios now. Some wounds and attitudes take years to adjust. Yates sat down on her bunk and crossed her legs. Mediation became a useful tool after training as a way to ground herself back into reality. [i] Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out.[/i] Starting with the sensation of her legs, Yates moved her attention upward throughout her body to regain control. This exercise helped focus her attention away from any distracting thoughts and emotions. After spending ten minutes in meditation, Yates rose from her bed with better composure.  

The commissary provided a space for both human and alien to exist in each other's space without the pressure of training or military operations; however, divisions still arose. She couldn't tell the type of cliques that formed within the Sangheili, Unggoy, or Kig-Yar, but within the UNSC it remained clear. The Spartans often distanced themselves from everyone else but each other, the ODST often stayed clear of the Spartans, but were easier to intermingle with the marines. Yates chose to seat herself with her friends and team from this morning's war game. She glanced across the cafeteria spotting Tapo'Hatam. His name frequently appeared in the war-game debriefings, yet she never officially met him. How many times has Yates' name crossed his desk? She averted her gaze to return to her beans and rice. It was nothing special, but quite filling. Though, her mind drifted to the food and drinks served for the Sangheili, Unggoy, and Kig-Yar. How different was their physiology that they couldn't share the same food? Certainly there had to be something from the Kig-Yar diet that could be edible to humans?