Kyradia didn't want to get up, her messy hair covered her eyes as she tried to check the time. The room was dark and she had a hard time finding her clock, 4:00 AM wow well there's an excuse. She lay down on what she thought was her bed but what she quickly realized was the sofa and stared at the ceiling. Wait there's a blanket on this bed, she smiled thanks Andy of course he brought her one the romantic butthead. Well no use in staying awake she turned over and tried to get to sleep.

Nope that's clearly not happening 30 minutes later and she couldn't sleep, she sat up looking around she saw the dusty and empty engine room in the fury a slow hum echoing from the engine. Her holocom was on the table, her heart sank who was i trying to call she thought, many people came to mind. Well given the location it was likely she was trying to build up the confidence to call Ashara. Kyradia let out a big yawn as she stood up no use in staying here to do nothing but stare at technology.

She went to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror, she could hardly see herself behind that forest of red she called hair. She began to try to tame the beast, same clothes as yesterday seems about right. She could hardly see her eyes right now as she squinted in the light. She let her mind wonder as she was waking up, everything seemed wrong right now, she kept messing up. She was the alliance commander, she knew had to make these tough decisions but why was it so hard.

She'd messed up with Ashara and wouldn't be surprised if she never wanted anything to do with her. But still this was bigger than that Kyradia knew she'd made the right call choosing the transparent empire over the republics corruption but what that entailed she wasn't so sure. There was no winning for her right now and she kept driving people away as a result with her impulse decisions, first Ashara and now…

Kyradia continued to spiral for a couple minutes then quickly snapped out of it as she sensed Andronikos, he was already dressed, he is so much better at life than me Kyradia thought

"hey you, are you alright you fell asleep in the engine room"

"oh yeah sorry didn't mean to wake you i couldn't sleep" hopefully that was enough she didn't want to talk about it right now

"does it have anything to do with the holocom" his eyebrows were raised he clearly knew something was up

Kyradia looked away holding her arm with her other hand "yeah a bit"

"don't worry about it too much you can take your time with it, i don't like seeing my girl anxious it's not a good look on you" oh really ok then

"so what would you prefer" she said putting on an evil grin messing with a little bit of lightning in her hands

Andronikos looked red in the face "uh ah well you know i would ah…" Kyradias grin only broadened "i would just prefer you to be okay you know" aw that's sweet guess this wasn't flirting time

"thanks i know.. rugged space pirate my ass" she said with a grin

"shut up i'm plenty tough" Andronikous said trying to hold in a smile

"uh huh sure" what a doofus Kyradia thought

With that he left her alone, she was about halfway through finishing her hair, her horns could be clearly seen and Her face wasn't completely covered in hair now for the back. She felt a little better now, she smiled warmly i don't think i could ever push him away so that's something.

She knew she'd have to eventually call her, even just as a last favor to Kavaraa maybe to make up for things. She sighed there it was again her mistakes her stupid mistakes others not understanding what was necessary and getting blamed for it when she was just trying to… suddenly she felt a pain in her head. She had been running the brush through her hair harder and harder only realizing when she pulled some of her hair out, oops gotta stay calm try not to get angry at others, don't fall back into old habits you know where that leads. She wished things were simpler then she could please everyone but she knew without her guidance the galaxy would just go back to pointless war.

She went back to the engine room and stared at the holocom for about 10 minutes she was sweating and her leg was going up and down like no tomorrow. She never used to be anxious, all these attachments made her a worrier. But nonetheless she knew this would plague her until she did something about it, she dialed the number and the holocom flickered to life with the blue transparent form of a togruta, orange skin, calm expression, Ashara…