Shiro found Sarah in her ship on her computer. Though it was rather late, she often didn't go to sleep until long after everyone else had. When on a planet, she could be considered nocturnal, but out in space time didn't feel the same. There wasn't a sun or a moon or really anything to mark the passage of the day.

He knocked gently on the ship wall to announce his presence. "Hey. What are you up to?"

"I'm reading up on quantum mechanics. I'm a little rusty." she said, scrolling through a text-heavy page. "You're up rather late, aren't you?" Sarah asked, pausing to look at him as he came to sit on the floor next to her.

"Yea….Sarah…" he began slowly. His eyes scanned her face carefully as he asked his question. "Why do you want to take on Haggar?"

Sarah hesitated a moment before turning her screen off and turning in her seat to face him. She didn't look at him though; instead she fiddled with the hem of her skirt. "Well…." she began. "um…." Shiro reached up and took one her hands in his. When she looked up to meet his gaze, he nodded, encouraging her to go on. "I…..I couldn't be there for you that year….and….it was all just….so unforgivable…..and I can't take it away, I can't do anything…" Her voice wavered as tears welled up in her eyes.

Shiro gently pulled her into his lap, hugging her close. "It's ok. It's ok. We hadn't even met then, we can't change that."

"I know that…logically I know that…." she said, her voice muffled as she buried her face in his shoulder. "But she hurt you. So much. And there's nothing I can do to take that pain away." Sarah sobbed.

His arms tightened around her. "I know that. I understand that. I would never expect that of you."

"But I can't live with not doing anything about it. And the only thing I can think to do…is take out those that hurt you…." she said softly.

Shiro didn't really know what to say. He didn't want her to be so distressed over something neither of them could change, but he couldn't think of any alternative course of action that might alleviate her need to act. "We'll think on this….together." he said, gently stroking her hair. "I don't want you to have to kill anybody, even if its Haggar. We'll figure something out." Sarah didn't say anything, but nodded into his shoulder.