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Several hours had passed. Drake was sitting in his chair on the bridge. The crew around him were joking and he could feel the connection they all shared, the closeness which had developed.
The crew had been transformed. They had been through something terrible, but now they were forging something incredible. All of them, including him.
The future beckoned, fraught with danger but also with opportunity. The Dagger and its crew held a secret none would ever learn, one which Drake was sure would get them through many, many dangers. And into many others.
For the first time in weeks, months, maybe even years, he faced the future with a light heart and a clear conscience. It would take some getting used to but now the entire crew were fully with him in the fight against hellships.
