Toro sat in the passenger seat of the shuttle and watched as they approached the USS Brian Olinski. It had been six months since she had been on the ship. Her departure had been abrupt, not something that she had wanted to happen, however, it had and now she was back, having fulfilled her obligation to that part of her life. She knew that she could be recalled at any time. She couldn’t tell anyone where she had been, what she had been doing. Her current story was that she had been on leave for health issues.

As the Olinski came into view, Toro opened a comm link =^= USS Olinski, Lt Turcio requesting permission to come aboard.=^= She caught her visage in the forward view screen, she was much thinner than when she had departed and there was a slightly more haunted look in her eyes, but they were still as sharp as ever and there was a new determined attitude. She waited for the Olinski to respond. She was home.

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