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Cox sits on the metal table as a medical droid checks him over. He wipes the tears out of his eyes and tries to shake off what just happened. Why did Ni throw herself at him? Why did she call him a liar when he was trying to take the heat for her? Why did she pull away when he tried to pursue what she initiated in the first place? Why did he overreact so much to her rejection?

Something was clearly not right with Cox. Perhaps the head injury was more than just a bump. Or maybe the events of the past few days had finally made him snap. Whatever was going on, Cox started to feel like a liability to the crew and that worried him.

As he sat on the table, his mind started to wander to the good times when he first met his now deceased lover, Celestine Falcon. She was a beautiful person in every sense of the word. She was 1.5m tall with shoulder length red hair that was smooth as silk. Her green eyes always seemed to be smiling. Her voice could relax Cox in an instant and her singing was soothing. Celestine was always helping other people, so her choice to become a Jedi Healer was a surprise to no one.

She wanted to be a good Jedi, so she was adamant about being friends only. Unfortunately, Cox had fallen for her very quickly and that was troubling to Celestine. She enjoyed being around Cox, so as long as he respected her friends only rule, she was more than happy to accompany him on various diversions. They hung out together every now and again, but slowly that increased until they were together more often than not. It was at that point that Celestine realized how strong her feelings for Cox had become.

Cox's mind returned to the present. The medical droid had completed its checkup long ago and he was given the all clear. Cox was unsure about how much time had passed and whether he should do anything about his current state of mind. At this point, Cox was thinking that any distraction would do. Maybe he had been thinking about things too much and forgetting to enjoy the moment. At this point he could use some form of distraction or escape.

Unna ran into the #2 hold and looked around frantically. She was breathing heavily from having sprinted through the ship. She found Cox instead and felt like she should go check on him. Her breath slowed and grew softer as she approached him. "How are you feeling?"

Cox looks at Unna with a somewhat indifferent look, "I'm ok for now. Might want to talk to you and possibly Duncan later. For now, I think I need a distraction or escape to get my mind off things. What are you out of breath for?"

Unna gave Cox a nervous smile. She felt very silly. "Well, Ashla and I were distracting ourselves by playing hide and seek, like we used to when we were little girls. I can stay and talk to you for a while. It'll make Ashla think she is going a good job at hiding from me anyway. You haven't seen her have you?"

"Anyway, watch who you say the word 'distraction' in front of. It might give Ni the wrong idea. She has taken on the titled role of 'distraction.' What happened in the cockpit? I sense that you were covering for her and even she admitted it. Honestly, her admission of responsibility impressed me greatly, but please don't cover for her. It would be enabling and I wonder if the events in the cockpit could be just the wake up call she needs. Still, I am so sorry this happened to you."

"I wasn't really covering for her. She literally threw herself at me and I wasn't ready so I fell. I wanted to give her a chance to have a little fun with the crew and I must've misspoke. But, she did something to me in that cockpit and I kind of want to see where it goes. What do you think?"

"What do you mean? What did she do?" Unna asked. Seeing Cox injured seemed to stir up some thi emotional in Unna. She decided not to bring it up, since Cox brought up this question.

"She healed me."

"I would hope so, after she broke your head."

"With the force." Cox's expression changes from sad to happy and then to determined.

"Shit, I need to get back to the cockpit before someone does something stupid. I would like to talk with you later, especially about what happened today. But I think I need some time to process it myself."

Cox stops and turns back to Unna, "Would you like to join me in the cockpit? We can talk in there."

"Oh, great..." Unna said. "I better go find Ashla."

Unna was lying to save face.

She quickly left the room and began to cry. She couldn't hold back the tears anymore. She made sure nobody was looking and hopped into an escape pod for some privacy.