Nine months. That's a... not inconsiderable stretch of time. She supposes she should realize that, but it helps drive it home that this isn't going to be some short stint of time. And who knows how long it will be before anybody from home wakes up. If they do. She'd avoided spending too much time among the pods while she was up on the station.

She didn't want to give the Natha the idea they could manipulate her through them.

"I thought we weren't supposed to talk about that." That was the warning she'd been given. For all she knows he's here to see who blows their cover too easily.