HOW did this happen? His ship had done fine on the trip to Earth, and yet something had malfunctioned on the trip back home------that wasn’t even the worst part. Stranded, on some godforsaken hunk of rock in an unfamiliar part of the galaxy, and he wasn’t alone. Most would take comfort in such a fact, but he did not. It wasn’t because he hated the other he was stranded with, no (quite the contrary), but the fact that she was there troubled him: How did she get on his ship? What in the world was she THINKING? And now...now she was stuck just like he was.
Frustrated with the sparking bits of machinery, Pai gave up with trying to repair the ship for the time being. It would do him no good to get electrocuted in the process; might as well wait for it to finish its ‘temper-tantrum.’ His attention shifted to his accompaniment, eyes flickering with a sudden GRIEF for a very brief moment. No: He couldn’t let her see how worried he was about their situation, especially since it was now placed upon him to make sure she remained SAFE.
He walked up to her, slowly, eyes searching to try and understand what must be running through her head right then. There were so many things running through his own mind, so many questions; ‘are you hurt?’, ‘can you breathe okay here?’, ‘do you feel ill at all?’, and just overall ‘are you okay?’------but none of those questions were what fell from his lips.
“ Lettuce... Why were you on my ship? ”