No, he can't go on like this forever. It's been two days and Harper still hasn't left the Maru. He's been locked in there ever since Trance released him from med-deck. I don't know how he managed to convince Beka to leave him alone but he did and now he wont let anyone onboard, won't even communicate. All of us have spent hours trying to get a response but to no avail.
I can't speak for anybody else but I am getting desperate. I find myself unable to concentrate, unable to stop think about what life would be like without Harper. That's why I'm here at 0300 hours, just staring vacantly at Beka's ship. My guilt keeps bubbling inside me, the magog still littering my decks and my engineer's absence a constant reminder of my inability to protect my crew. I am finding it hard to talk to the others as I cannot help but feel that they must hold me responsible; and Harper's isolation has done nothing to assuage that fear.
So for now I will continue to sit here staring at the Maru's empty windows hoping that they can forgive me.