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[indigoblueberry]

It was stupid, she had to admit, but Indigo had been avoiding most of the crew since the whole mess with the Spacewalk. Many of them hadn't heard of the incident, many didn't know the place existed. Which suited her damaged pride just fine. However, she still remembered, and the embarrassment still hadn't faded

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[governmentninja]

"...Painting?"

That hadn't been something he expected to see when he found her.

[indigoblueberry]

She looks back. She doesn't have to, her sensors told her that he was approaching when he was within a hundred yards of her. But it's still polite to at least look at someone when you're speaking to them.

"Painting." She swirls the brush in the discolored cup of water, trying to dislodge some of the yellow. "I find it soothing. Of course, paints are a little difficult to come by around here. The local arts and crafts store hasn't had a delivery in years."

[governmentninja]

Admittedly, he never expected an android to use the word 'soothing' to describe an activity, but he's learned never to be surprised by this ship.

"I guess no one thought to pick any last shore leave," he mused. "You should put it on the list for the next one."

But small talk aside, he did have business with her.

"I've been going over the reports from when you first repaired the spacewalk. Care to explain what happened?"

[indigoblueberry]

Ah. She should have guessed that he'd eventually question her about that. "I did turn in a report." A very detailed one. Meticulously detailed

[governmentninja]

"I can see that." Considering he hadn't been sucked out in the vacuum of space thus far, it was relatively safe.

And yes, it was a meticulously detailed report. It would have taken him a week to read it, and several years to get a Ph. D in Physics to understand it. This was quicker, and far easier on the brain.

"I also noticed that you haven't been involved in any other projects since."

[indigoblueberry]

She'd often been accused of over-elaborating.

Indigo gives Leon a dull stare for a long moment. "No. I haven't." For several reasons, but the main one was that she was still beating herself up over the Spacewalk.

She turns and looks out at the dreamstuff of the multiverse again, and dabs her brush at the green paints. She doesn't feel like elaborating there, Cap'n.

[governmentninja]

"Why not?" Yes, he wants you to elaborate.

[indigoblueberry]

She scowls at the canvas for a moment before schooling her face back into a carefully blank expression.

"There haven't been that many projects that have caught my eye. Construction is not really my forte, I'm afraid." It's not the whole truth, but it's a tiny part of it. Really, saying out loud that she's afraid the crew won't trust her again seems silly.

[governmentninja]

"I might have a project that you'd be interested in."

Maybe.

[indigoblueberry]

"Oh?" She dabs a few more times, then swirls her brush in the water, looking at the canvas for a long moment. "What would this project be, Captain?"

[governmentninja]

"Mostly technical work," he stated. "I need a few tools modified, and some of the ship's hardware needs to be adjusted."

He really couldn't go into detail, since he figured said piece of hardware was listening.

[indigoblueberry]

She turns and looks up at him critically. After a moment, she nods. "I could do it. Why not just go directly to Engineering, though? I think we've seen that my experiences with the ship's hardware doesn't end perfectly."

But here they are.

[governmentninja]

"This project requires a certain measure of discretion." And if anything, Indigo has been capable of keeping a low profile.

"But if you don't think you're up for it, I'll find someone else."

[indigoblueberry]

"Discretion." Indigo repeats it dully. "Now you have me curious, Captain."

She settles her paintbrush into a slot on her palette. "Would I be able to get details now, or are you going to leave me in suspense?"

[governmentninja]

There may have been a ghost of a smirk on Leon's lips. He lobbed her his omnicomm.

"There's a file on there..." the name of which was just some string of random letters and numbers. "Take a look at it, it has all the information you'll need."

Which was the schematics for the tool that needed to be modified, which piece of hardware was going to need to be adjusted, and where it was located.

[indigoblueberry]

She catches it in a hand. She looks down at it for a brief second, skimming through the file before wirelessly connecting and downloading it for more careful examination. "I can do this."

The gap between catching the omnicomm and announcing that took less than some of her conversational gaps. "When do you need it done?"