Presenting a vision ive had on 3 hours of sleep
So basically both Ava and Simon have been isekaied into the Hail Mary. They both arrive at the same obvious conclusion: Captain Dr. Ryland Grace is the leader of a very wealthy, independent, self sustaining ship likely apart of some secret government operation from before the quiet rapture. This is only further proven by the existence of his small alien engineer and large alien biologist.
They believe that Grace only has enough resources for one of them to stay (They have no reason to believe other then heavy trauma). So while both are stuck in quarantine, they try to show Grace how eager they are to work and subtlety put the other down.
Unfortunately Grace is a dumbass who hasn't interacted with people in nearly a full decade at this point. So they are completely oblivious to this competition and are just so happy to have such cool and dedicated new friends.
Ava: Dr. Grace if you have any jobs you would like me to do please let me know. Simon: Doctor, Ava needs her rest and couldn't possibly work with some of her injuries, I'm fine please allow me to help you with anything you want. Ava: Don't be modest Con-Simon, your injuries were much worse than mine when we arrived, I insist that I help in some way. Simon: Yes but I have healed much faster than you and can do more than you right now Ava: Yes well I *progresssivly louder insistance of work from each person* Grace: Wow I'm so lucky to have found such hard working and motivated new friends













