Away from home -- pre-Trial
Hepzibah hated Utopia for a host of reasons. Chris was dead, James left her without so much of a word, Alex was away and Scott was... she didn't recognize the boy. As time passed, she saw more and more of Gabriel in him. Gabriel who killed his own father and her late life partner. Unable to stand it anymore, she walked away. She had no means to contact the Starjammers to ask for a pickup -- and anyway she'd heard that Rachel's Shi'ar lover had joined them. The furthest she was from the birdies, the happiest she was.
She could see only one thing to do. Go to Alaska. Go see what was left of Chris' family. Find a nice spot in the woods and build herself a burrow.
Going on foot, it was taking her a long time to make the trip all along the coast, keeping to fairly deserted areas and woods and staying out of sight, traveling mostly at night. She was too intent on going forward to mind checking if she was followed. She didn't care anyway. She wouldn't go back to Utopia.
She would do what Chris had always wanted; find a quiet spot to settle. Only now she would do it alone. She was weary of having her heart broken.
As the sun was rising, she set herself a camp to wait for nightfall. It reminded her of Tryl'sart, her home planet, and the way her people lived. Deep in memories, she tried to find sleep.