Tamsin's grin softened slightly. She pushed herself away from the cradle and sat down on an equipment crate beside it, looking up at Naysha with her chin propped on one hand.
"You want to be out there," she said. It was not a question.
Naysha was quiet for a long moment. Then she set down the diagnostic tablet she had been holding and sat down on the crate beside Tamsin.
"I told him I'd catch up," she said. "Three years ago. I told him I'd be right behind him. And I'm still here."
"Here isn't so bad," Tamsin said.
"Here is the same patrol every day. The same scouts. The same raiders. The real war is out there, and I've never even left the system."
Tamsin was quiet for a moment. Then she bumped Naysha's shoulder gently with her own.
