She hasn't been avoiding Milliways, exactly. Really she hasn't.
But with Aral's
injury last month, she's been busier than usual. She's been handling her own work, along with as much of Aral's work as he'll let her do. Over half; and the fact that he hasn't fought harder to do more of it is truly frightening, if she lets herself think about it too long).
The call on her personal commconsole takes her by surprise.