The part of Dira that had gone to medical school knew that pain was the body’s way of telling us something. In this case, the lingering pain was not normal, especially given their advanced medicine. She also knew that sometimes other things in a person’s life complicated healing, like emotional distress. An overwhelmed nervous system had to prioritize what to handle first, and an ache in one place was never going to be as high up as the flight or fight response.

The captain could have gone to Primary Sickbay, but she came down here for a specific reason. She looked around for Doctor Kane as she flexed the fingers of her left hand.

Captain Myqian, CO