Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aasrel Izei (Chief Medical Officer) in Nightmares Tell Us What to Pray Against

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Bethany winked and kissed him quickly. “I’ll hold you to it.” She slipped out the door and back to work. The rest of her shift went by even slower than the morning. Bethany left the bridge after the end. The layout of the security/tactical station was intuitive and high tech But there was nothing going on and very quiet. However, she felt like she hadn’t paused all day and was exhausted. Stopping by sickbay on the way to her quarters, she barely contained her yawn.

Bethany

Aasrel was coming out as Bethany was headed in. He stopped and hugged her. “Bethany. How was the rest of your day?” He said, leading her back out of Sickbay.

~ Aasrel

Bethany hugged him and waved dismissively at the question. “Long and uneventful, which is good. I feel like it’s been a 120 hour day.” She didn’t manage to stifle the yawn that time. “How was yours?”

Bethany

Aasrel hugged her back. “Long and mostly uneventful. There was a little accident in engineering.” He rested an arm around her. “Want to eat or go to your or my quarters?”

~ Aasrel

“I don’t have much of an apatite, but you shouldn’t skip it for me.” She hadn’t eaten lunch either. She had tried, but in the end she had tried to catch a nap instead. That hadn’t worked either. She rubbed her hands up and down her arms briskly. “You hungry?”

Bethany

Aasrel nodded. “I am.” He said, turning toward the galley. “Have you eaten at all today?” He may not be telepathic anymore, but he was starting to see patterns in her behavior and he guessed if she didn’t have an appetite now, she might not have earlier either.

~ Aasrel

“I had breakfast, and no not just coffee.” She shrugged, hiding a cold chill. “I ate a few bites at lunch. I was more tired than hungry. Went to my quarters to rest instead.” She didn’t say that she didn’t sleep. She honestly didn’t think much of how tired she was. She hadn’t slept well or at all after that nightmare. She just assumed it had upset her enough to mess with her appetite. Entering the mess she headed toward a table and sat. She covered a yawn with her hand and then shook her head at herself.

Bethany