Sharah carefully dumped the water from the water bowl and refilled it, adding 1 ml of plant food to it before gently settling Hope’s basin back into the water bowl. She wondered how Dinui’s trees were doing. Her previous ship’s counselor and her had spent many long hours taking care of the 9 different plants. She’d even taken a few cooking classes from Dinui, the first attempts were dismal, but Sharah was getting better. Her focus was excellent, her cooking skills…not so much, but it was fun. And as Dinui always reminded her, that’s all that mattered. And as long as Sharah had a replicator cooking could just be for fun. She set the small tree down on the low central table. “Well smaller than on the Ark Angel, but I think I like it better,” she commented to the small tree. She picked up her PaDD as it beeped reminding her of her counseling appointment. She glanced down at the reminder, “Time to start over.” Or not…Cmdr Korczak? A shiver of apprehension travelled down her spine. She’d liked the man, but she wondered how he would deem her now, a year and a half, almost two years later. Would he find her improved? Would he even remember her with the number of cadets that paraded through his office?

Several minutes later, tugging her uniform straight, Sharah pressed the chime to Korczak’s office.

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