Thesa followed Zev into the cockpit, floating around aimlessly as she looked out the huge front window. The view of space was beautiful, but terrifying. There was so much out there that she couldn’t even fathom. Her eyes flicked to him and she wondered how they were going to cut the glass.
Zev measured the window, marking off the edges. "I have the measurements. There is an old laser cutting tool, it should work still." He left the cockpit, and came back a few minutes later with the tool in his hands.
Thesa nodded, holding onto the nearest bolted down thing she could so she wouldn’t float away when the window was cut away by Zev and his laser cutting tool. She wished she could help, but she didn’t have any supplies too, and even if she did, she didn’t want to go all the way back onto her ship to get them.
"I am going to depressurize the room before I begin, so that there is less to be sucked out when the window is breached." Zev said, tapping at the controls. The door to the rest of the ship slowly closed, with a groan of metal. There was a few moments where the ships air pumps started sucking the air out, and then the room was at the same pressure as outer space.
“Is there anything I can do to help?” She asked once the room was depressurized, looking around for something to do. Just watching him work and not being able to help made her feel useless and very bored. There had to be something she could do.
Zev shrugged. "You can come over here so that if I need help, you are readily available." He replied as he began to cut away the glass. The tool was rather loud.
Thesa nodded, floating over but keeping a safe distance from the tool. The thought of getting the new window in and getting back to a planet made her giddy with excitement and she smiled. After she fixed her ship, she would be able to see Alexi, her childhood idol.
Zev continued cutting. He had nearly finished one side of the four he needed to cut. He had given himself six inches of extra glass on each side, just in case they needed it.
Her mind wandered while he worked, the loud but steady noise from the cutter just background noise as she thought about everything that could and would happen after they got to a planet. Zev needed to see a mechanic first, to get his arm fixed and any other problems, he could do that and I could get the parts for my ship. It would be a lot easier to repair it again with gravity on a solid planet. The next part would be to find where Alexi was, so Zev could go back to his creator and she could meet him. She couldn’t deny, even just thinking about leaving Zev made her sad, the few days they had been stuck here she had gotten used to his android attempts at humor and his presence.
Zev continued cutting, now working on the second side. Once they were out, he could get fixed and ask Alexi why…why he had never come back. If Alexi knew where the Daedalus was, why didn't he at least send a ship to get him, instead of leave him there for thirty years, alone?
Her eyes closed slowly as she got more into her thoughts, thinking over everything she would need to replace and how much each piece would cost. It was difficult with ever changing prices, but she could get a good estimate based off of what she paid the last time.
Zev continued cutting. I do not understand. If he knew where I was, why did he not come back for me? I am not like the others. He said i was unique. He called me… He frowned slightly. The human conundrum. I don't understand it.
From what she guessed, her repairs would cost about twice to three times as much as normal, for just a few more key parts. She couldn’t hide her frustration at he fact and she pressed her eyes shut tighter, sighing and wondering where she was going to get that much money. That was about what she made out of two trips, and she couldn’t afford to go two more trips without the needed parts.
Zev glanced at her. "Are you alright, Thesa? Is something wrong?" He questioned, then went back to working, finishing up the second side and moving to the third. I must ask Alexi why he left me here alone for so long.
“Just…costs for parts, nothing you need to worry about,” She said, floating back against the wall and opening her eyes. Her ship was her problem, and Zev didn’t need to worry about costs since he would be with Alexi after she brought him back.
He nodded. "Alright." He went back to cutting. I do not understand humans. Clearly there is something wrong, but she says there isn't. I don't understand why. He continued working.
Thesa watched him for a few moment, cutting through the glass on the third side. Her mind brought up the question of how they were going to get it over to her ship and she was silent, knowing she wasn’t going to help if it meant going out in the middle of space without being tethered to anything.
"To transport it, I am going to walk it over to your ship on the outside of the Daedalus. You can accompany or meet me there, if you." Zev said as he started on the fourth side.
“I’ll meet you there,” She said immediately, her face showing her fear as she quickly looked at the floor of the ship. It wasn’t that space scared her, it was just being in space alone, with nothing holding her to something she knew so she had the chance of floating away, that’s what scared her.
Zev nodded, nearly finished. "Alright." He replied, keeping his focus on the cutter, not wanting to cut himself or her by mistake.
“Can I just go through the ship? Or will opening the doors suck everything into space?” She asked, looking over at the pair of doors separating the rest of the ship from where they were. Her eyes flicked to the cutter, checking as to how far he had left to cut through. This piece would be more than enough to fit the whole front of her cockpit, and any other windows she could ever need.
He nodded. "Just make sure that this set of doors is fully closed before opening the next. The ship should do that automatically, just double-check, please." He replied, nearly finished.
Thesa nodded, repeating the instructions over to herself. With not helping, she felt like this is what she could do in return, the simple task of checking if the doors were closed.
He finished cutting, holding the window carefully. "I'm going to start walking it." He said, and turned on the magnets on the boots so he wouldn't float away,then started walking outside the ship.
“Don’t hurt yourself,” She called out to him, floating to the door and opening the fist set. Easy enough as she watched them close behind herself and double checked. She opened the second set and glanced at the first to make sure they were still closed as she slipped through and closed them again. Thesa then made her way through the ship as quickly as she could to help.