"Well, I guess you know the drill about my room. Sleep well." Ghost held his pillow under his arm as he nodded to Trinity before leaving.

Trinity sat, unmoving on Ghost's bed, feeling cold and alone. Glancing at the back wall, Trinity couldn't help but smile at the bookcase crammed with books on faith, Gods and Goddesses, religion, death and rebirth, and myths. Trinity smiled at the book on myths. She remembered when he would read that book to her while in Zion. Many years ago, seemed like a lifetime. Sighing, Trinity resigned to the truth that Neo and she would only see each other as often as other crewmembers saw each other. As she lay down on the bed, Trinity wondered what Ghost and Neo were doing right now.

~~*~~

"I must ask, how do you fit two people on a bed almost too small for one person?" Ghost asked, an eyebrow arched in question.

"Well, we sleep half on top of each other." Neo responded, shrugging.

"I see. Okay, well, I'll go find some extra blankets or pillows and make a makeshift bed on the floor." Ghost tossed his pillow down, turning to leave.

"I'll help." Neo stood, stepping towards the door where Ghost was.

"Thanks." Ghost replied, smiling softly.

As Ghost walked out, Neo followed him to the ladder before descending down several levels to the deep bowels of the ship. Rummaging around crates of seemingly random objects, Neo asked,

"Where do you get all this stuff?"

"It's the belongings of former crewmates or stuff we pick up." Ghost answered quietly.

"Oh. Sorry." Neo apologized.

"It's all right. I mean, this is a war, people die. It's hard to deal with, but it happens. Things go wrong." Ghost replied.

"True." The conversation died, leaving Neo feeling slightly uncomfortable. After almost 20 minutes, Ghost broke the silence.

"I'm glad for you and her you know."

Neo's head snapped up from the crate he was looking in.

"Thank you."

"She has many layers. Not many people are able to get through it all and find the real human in her. Morpheus did it, you did it, and I did it. The lucky few." Ghost smiled wanly.

Neo knew that some men may feel jealous, but he wasn't. The knowledge that Trinity and Ghost's relationship went no further than sibling love kept him from getting upset. Ghost taught Trinity about philosophy in the Real World and helped her find her feet while becoming a trusted friend when she was first unplugged. A few years older in unplugged age, Ghost was much more reserved than Trinity, who could occasionally lash out in anger.

"Yes, lucky." Neo nodded, breaking out of his thoughts.

~~*~~

"Neo, I'm going to need you and Detrick up in the Core when you're done eating." Niobe said upon poking her head into the mess hall. Gaining a nod from both, Niobe glanced at Trinity's back before exiting.

"I wonder what she needs us for?" Detrick asked, turning his head towards Neo.

Everyone had been informed about Neo and Trinity's separation, which Neo found out quickly when he sat down, Detrick and Flash immediately sat on either side of him. Resigning to only being able to have Trinity across the table, Neo began eating. Trinity had obviously stiffened upon noticing the seating arrangements when she had entered. Neo had immediately noticed the change, but he could tell no one else did.

"I'm not sure. Probably some re-wiring or something." Neo commented with a shrug.

"Trinity, can you come with me to check out the engines?" Ghost asked.

"Sure." Trinity rose and cleaned out her dish before following Ghost out the door, feeling Neo's eyes on her back the entire time.

~~*~~

"Neo, good, I'm going to need you to go into the engine room to help Detrick and I find out what's malfunctioning in the cockpit. I know Trinity's down there, but so is Ghost, and I trust that you will behave?" Niobe cast a warning glance at Neo before he nodded and left.

Upon climbing down to the engine room, carrying a headset to hear Niobe's commands, Neo spotted Ghost and Trinity, their backs to him.

"Hey!" Neo yelled over the sound.

Ghost and Trinity turned from what they were doing, a bit shocked.

"Neo, Niobe wants you over there, Trinity, go with him to help him out, I can do this." Ghost yelled commands back.

Trinity nodded, and after watching Neo put on the headset, showed him where they had to be.

~ "Neo, flip the four gray switches off. Count to 30 and flip them back on." ~ Niobe's voiced commanded through the headset.

Neo nodded before reaching towards the switches. As Trinity reached too, in order to help, their hands bumped together, sending a shock of electricity down Neo's spine. Apologizing softly before reaching again, Neo couldn't help but hope for more contact. While counting silently to 30, Neo's gaze locked with Trinity's, a look speaking volumes without uttering a sound. Flipping the switches up again, Neo flinched back as one switch overloaded and burst a wire that flipped out and hit his out stretched hand, cutting it.

"Neo!" Trinity called out before moving quickly to him, cradling his wounded hand in her two. Grabbing the headset off of Neo, Trinity told Niobe that a wire short-circuited from turning the switches back on and cut Neo.

"Okay, take him to the infirmary. When he's cleaned up, tell us." Niobe replied.

Trinity dropped the head set to the floor before lifting his hand to her lips, breaking the rules of punishment- yet Neo wasn't about to complain. After telling Ghost where they were going, Trinity and Neo headed off to the infirmary.