That was definitely a good call.
Somehow, it turned the return trip to Planet Nova into something that felt less like a journey and more like a working lecture that finally ended up with everyone suddenly scrambling, rushing to prepare their affairs before the day they were supposed to consume the fruit of the Queen of the Night.
It was to the point that, from an outsider's perspective, one might think the various leaders were preparing to leave permanently, given how seriously they were handling schedules, responsibilities, and pending deliverables like they were about to pass everything down to a successor.
Definitely suspicious.
Officially, they framed it as nothing more than a short break following the stress of the Annual Expo. A reasonable explanation on paper.
But for people like Deputy Officer Curtis, that reasoning didn't sit right at all.
