Lyris was glad that Zev was able to find comfort in the situation. She'd be lying if she said she didn't understand how he felt. She was just better at hiding it. She saw the same thing in Harrison when they first met, but from the bracelet he wanted to get Kir and the prophecy about the two of them she knew she'd be fighting a battle that she was doomed to lose. She tried to convince herself that she didn't want to be in a relationship and when she left home that was true, but she had missed being connected to others in her solitude. But right now she had other priorities. She needed to help them fulfill the prophecy that her family had held onto for generations and save the galaxy that she called home. A relationship could wait. She didn't need anyone or anything distracting her.

There was no resistance from Lyris when Kir dragged her to the dance floor. As the two connected with each other through the rhythm of the drums the thoughts that the earlier conversation conjured washed away. Right now she was at peace while also feeling a little homesick. She loved being part of this X'hondrian moment. It reminded her of how their two worlds were once connected. She wished they had been able to stand up against the Empire after they began to enslave X'hondria, but the Empire had their foots on their necks before they could even try. They knew they couldn't fully conquer the planet, but they could intimidate them with fear and try and destroy their past. But what they couldn't destroy was hope.

The party continued throughout the night and into the early morning. It only ended so that their guests could get some rest from their journey. Astri provided a place for the quartet to stay while she went above ground to work on their ship. She added the same camouflage technology that hid her planet as well as putting the planet's coordinates into the navigation system so that they could always return there if ever need be.

Harrison didn't get much sleep and instead wandered around the cavern. He kept thinking about the human who had been helping them. There was someone from Earth who had been out here for at least fifty years. It honestly didn't make sense to him. They didn't have the technology on Earth that long ago and how could someone that old still be leading the charge against slavers of X'hondrians. He was really disappointed that he wasn't able to meet him at the party, but maybe they'd cross paths one day in the stars. He wanted to hear all of his stories.

Astri returned to the cavern to see Harrison up and walking about. "Couldn't sleep, huh?" She asked, chewing on a new stick of candy.

Harrison nodded. "After the night we had, how could I? It helped put in perspective what we're fighting for."

"You all really do insist on taking on the Empire with just the four of you?"

"Yeah. Well, at the start. Rebellions start small before they grow. They're built on hope and that's what we plan on giving to the galaxy. Even if it costs us our lives."

"You're mad, you know that? But I like that. You're going to need weapons on your mission. You're going to need me."

Harrison was shocked by her proposal. "Wait. Really? You want to join us?"

"Why not? I have nothing better to do. But you're going to need a new ship. I may be small, but so's your ship. Now it feels like I just did those upgrades for nothing. Though it could always be part of your fleet."

"A fleet? Wait. What upgrades?"

"Just camouflage and the coordinates for the planet in the nav system. Come with me. I'll show you something."

Harrison followed Astri up to the surface where next to their ship was a much larger vessel. He was surprised to see a ship of this magnitude, but didn't want to voice it.

Astri knew what he was thinking though and clarified things for him. "This is the ship our ancestors came to Earth in. We keep maintenance up on it just in case we ever have to have another mass exodus, but with you four planning to overthrow the Empire we felt like it'd be put to better use with you. You can fit your ship inside and use it as a shuttle. What do you think?"

"Zev's going to drop spores when he sees this." Harrison said with a laugh. "We'll take it."