Tendo Choi stayed out of her way in the next few days.

Everyone did.

Andi didn't leave for food. There were enough snacks in the Beckett's kitchen to get away with her hiding out. A few days later when she was running low, Tendo began leaving packages at the doorway.

So much physical contact with someone who was drift compatible to herself, she slipped back into Raleigh's mind whenever she fell asleep.

Neither of them had anything to say to each other.

Finally, a few days later she got up. Got dressed in standard off-duty gear for Rangers. Black long sleeve, cargo pants, boots. Pulling her hair into a ponytail she stepped out of the room.

I tracked Marshall Pentecost across the Shatterdome, finally catching up to him as he sat down for lunch in his office.

"Ranger Beckett." He greeted as I stepped into his office.

"I want to go back out." I blurted.

He choked on his sandwich. "Back out how?"

"I want to get back into a Jaeger."

"It isn't that simple, Ranger. We have to find someone you are Drift Compatible with. You have stayed out of a Jaeger because-"

"I've been out of a Jaeger because I got married. PPDC gave me a Shatterdome position to keep all three Becketts from dying in battle."

He looked at her for a long moment, trying to gauge if she was serious or not. "Does this have anything with the other Ranger Beckett's AWOL earlier this week?"

"I am a deployable Ranger with a phenomenal record, are you putting me in a Jaeger or not?"

"And drift compatibility? I've heard all the rumors about you getting into a Jaeger with anyone, but that isn't in your file, we can't just ignore the fact that you can read minds."

"Of course we can. Nobody cared that I drifted with both Beckett brothers."

"They were drift compatible with each other, it was assumed you were just an accessory to that bond."

"I've been in a Jaeger with Hercules Hanson before."

He paused, glancing at the computer before pushing his lunch away and typing in a few codes. "Are you sure you want to go back out?"

"Positive."

"And if Raleigh comes back and wants to drift with you?"

"Short of a direct order, he can screw off."

He glanced at her. "I am curious."

"What?"

"Have you ever actually been drift compatible with anyone? Honestly?"

"Yeah, I have. It didn't work out."

"Hercules Hanson, you drifted with him in Manilla. Lucky Seven is still a deployable Jaeger, until they finish its replacement." He reached for his lunch again, "Herc's son Chuck is still in the academy."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it." She finally sat down in a chair. "Can you set it up or not?"

"His son is in the Ranger academy. When he graduates, he will become his father's drift partner, they are compatible."

"Striker Eureka isn't even completed yet. There is no reason to let Herc and me get out of practice just because I am here."

"Fine, Andreanna. I'll get you out of the snow. Pack your bags, I'll put the transfer through once I'm done with lunch."

"Put 'Kindermann' on the transfer. My husband is dead, I don't want more sympathy."

"Yes, Ranger."