The Command Lounge hummed with a familiar comfort, a peace they had bled for with their own sweat and sacrifice. Jin sat in the center of the room, the Kageyoshi resting across his lap, its presence a silent, grounding weight.
'Your form is improving,' Asha's voice noted, her tone clinical but with a hint of something that might have been approval. 'Your efficiency has increased by 7.3%. However, your humming is statistically detrimental to maintaining a low profile.'
Jin's lips twitched. 'It helps me focus,' he thought back, a flicker of amusement in his mind. 'And you're one to talk about being distracting.'
"Jin. Just a heads-up," Asha's tone shifted, the clinical data replaced by urgency. "Two additional cryo-pods have successfully attained stable revival parameters. All critical life support matrices are green. The conditions for revival are optimal."
