Katya looked around the room. It was a good size, a much larger space then she'd anticipated having on a submarine. She sat on the bed, unsure of what to do. She was bothered by Lucas' reaction to her. She wished that he would just judge her based on getting to know her rather than what she could do, but she was used to it. A lot of people didn't trust anyone with abilities like she had.

Sighing, she decided to change clothes. It was a little chilly down here, she was glad she'd brought some sweaters. She unbuckled the shoes and set them off to the side, pulling out her trusty Doc Martens. She much preferred these, but she'd wanted to look nice when she first came aboard. She pulled a black sweater and a pair of jeans from her bag and proceeded to change.

That done, she pulled her long black hair into a ponytail and unpacked the few things she had access to at the moment. Pictures of family and a few friends, books, some jewelry she'd brought. She looked around and decided to wait for the rest of her things before tackling this project. Instead, she'd have a look around.

She walked out into the corridor, shutting the door behind her. Various crew were moving up and down the corridor, paying no attention to her. She turned her head to the side as she saw the sea tubes, and her eyes widened as she saw Darwin swim by. She followed the dolphin along the corridor to Mammal Engineering.

Entering the large room, she saw the moon pool and stepped up to it. Darwin popped to the surface at about the same moment. She smiled happily; she hadn't known they had a dolphin here.

She patted the top of the smooth head and looked around her at all of the computer equipment, wondering what it was for, before moving back out into the corridor. She was looking back at Darwin as she left, and ran into Jason. She almost fell backwards but he caught her.

"Wow, careful there. Don't want you in med bay your first day here," he said.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to run into you," she said, before turning to look at him. "Oh, I met you earlier. Jason, right?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"You look familiar."

"Do I?"

"You were on T.V., weren't you?"

Jason blushed slightly. "Yes, I was, but I gave it up to work here."

She smiled at him. "I think it's good to follow where your heart leads you. You weren't happy anyway." She saw his eyes grow wide. "Damn! I'm sorry! I always do that. I forget to turn it off."

He smiled back. "It's okay, it doesn't bother me."

"Like it bothered your friend?"

"Oh…yeah…Lucas…I'm sorry for that."

"No need to apologize, he's entitled to his own views."

"He should apologize. He's just paranoid."

"A lot of people are," she said. Jason picked up on the note of sadness in her response.

"Maybe, but not all," he said, stepping back while taking her with him, and then letting her go.

"Thank you for catching me, I appreciate it."

"No problem. You having a look around?"

"Yeah, just waiting for the rest of my things."

"I know that feeling. I only got here yesterday."

"A fellow newbie huh?" she asked with a grin.

He nodded. "I've been here once before, but only for a visit. Any place in particular you're trying to get to?"

"Actually yes, I was about to go look for Dr. Levin."

"I know where he's at. Come on, I'll show you."

She followed Jason through the myriad corridors, taking mental notes to help her find her way around. The finally came to the science labs.

"Here you are," Jason said.

"Thanks," she replied.

"See ya around!"

She nodded in reply, and then went in search of Dr. Levin, quickly finding him.

"Katy! So good to see you!" he said, enveloping her in a hug. "Must be nice to get away from home eh?"

"Hi Eli! Yes, it's a great feeling. Thank you so much for talking them into it, I can't thank you enough. Being there was stifling, and the lost time thing was a bit strange."

"Did you ever get to the bottom of that?"

"No, unfortunately not."

"Well, maybe in the course of our experiments we'll figure it out hmmm?"

"Maybe!"

"It really is good to see you. I knew it had to be getting rough for you, the older you got, always having all of that security around you, never being able to be a normal kid."

She laughed. "Eli, I have never been a normal kid, security or no. Though I have never figured out why they are so concerned about my safety. I'm nothing special, there are lots of people like me."

Dr. Levin shrugged. "Don't know."

"I've already managed to offend someone I think."

"Oh? I think that's a record for you Katy. Who was it?"

"His name is Lucas."

"Ohhhh yes. Lucas Wolenczak. Lucas is…special…himself. He's highly skeptical though, and distrusts anyone who went to, or in your case, should have gone to, Chatton."

"Why though? Did he have a bad experience?"

"No, not that I know of. Just the innate distrust that many people have."

Katya sighed. "I wish he'd be more open. He and Jason seem to be the only people here close to my age."

"Well, there is Samantha too, but she's away for the next 6 months. She's a friend of Lucas'. Other than that, Miguel Ortiz, Ben Krieg, and Tim O'Neill are all close as well, though they are a bit older."

She took note of the names. "Eli, is there a cafeteria or something? I'm really hungry."

"Sure, let me show you the way. Those three I mentioned before should be there now. I'll introduce you to them."