Captain Dylan Hunt was tired. He was over 300 years old, after all. Not just that, but people in this new time just didn't understand what it was like to have peace. And so, he had none.
Rommie appeared in holographic form in front of him, flickering. "Dylan, you should be doing something." She crossed her arms and tapped a holographic foot.
"Like?" He asked, the tone of his voice making it evident that he had given up. He didn't have anything to strive for anymore. Nothing to live for.
"Like eating, bathing, or exercising. I may not be a human, but I know that they can't survive this long without movement." She tapped her foot again. "Dylan? Move."
"Five more minutes," Dylan sighed, getting up anyway. He was dressed in his basketball clothes, the only thing he had other than his High Guard uniform. He had come to the realization that he couldn't wear them anymore. Technically there was no High Guard. But still, he missed the warmth of the starchy blue suit.
"Rommie?" Dylan asked, slowly eating his rations. He mulled something over in his head before continuing. "I don't think I want to live anymore." He dropped his head to his hands and sighed. Rommie hadn't seen her Captain this upset since the Engine of Creation had almost torn his life from him.
"Dylan, don't talk like that." A tear rolled down her perfect face. "You know what will happen to me if you die." She snivelled and wiped her eyes. "I don't want to end up like my sisters." She started sobbing, and Dylan stood up respectively. He walked to the holograph and was going to embrace it but remembered he couldn't. He had tried once and ended up hugging himself, which was not nearly as comforting as hugging an android.
"I'm sorry." He said, tears blurring his eyes too. "I didn't mean-"
"I know what you meant." Rommie said, trying to hold back her tears. "I think it's very selfish of you. Extremely selfish. How do you think I would survive without you? I don't have Harper anymore. He can't fix me. I don't have a crew. I'm barely functioning as it is… I just… without a Captain I would have to spend every day for the rest of eternity wondering if anybody would ever find me." She cried softly and Dylan cursed himself silently for being so self-centred. She may be a ship, but Andromeda was more than that. She was the only family Dylan had left.
"I'm sorry." Dylan said. And silently in his mind, but loud enough for Rommie to pick up, he said "I mean it."
