It didn't come right away. Dylan let her have the time she needed to get better. However, it did come. It came when Beka was on the Maru, checking things over to her satisfaction, not that she didn't trust Harper; she just always had to make sure.
"Beka, it's Dylan. Are you in here?"
Great. Was she really ready for this? She had to be. "Come on in." She met him at the door.
"I've heard from Harper and now I want to hear from you. What in the world were you thinking?"
Always good to be direct. "It was supposed to be over and done with before you even knew I was gone." Geez, that sounded so lame.
Apparently, Dylan thought so too. "I gatherd that much. That still doesn't explain why you did it and nearly got yourself killed doing so. Not to mention endangering everything."
"O.K. I got it." She sighed. "I did it because I had to. It was going to finally be the big payoff that I was looking for. I should have known better but, if I didn't at least try, i would never have known, would I?"
Dylan sighed too. "No, I guess not."
"So, what have you decided to do? I'm assuming that I'm going to get some punishment. The brig?"
"No, not the brig. But, I'm reliving you from duty for two weeks. Harper's spending two weeks confined to his quaters. I think you should be too. In your Andromeda quaters." He emphasized the name Andromeda.
She nodded. "That's fair."
"I'm so glad you think so. I'll give you an hour to wrap things up here and then you'll head to your quaters. I'm trusting that you will obey that order."
"I will."
"Good." He turned to go. "Oh, and one more thing for the record."
"Yes." She waited.
"I'm very glad that you didn't die out there." With that said, he left.