With everyone returning to their places, the bridge became desolate again with the exception of the cockpit crew, who left the conference room and left John alone with another person: Katiya Ivanovich, who requested to use the room to work as the Insectoids left her office unusable.
John accepted. But before he left the room and returned to his job, he felt the need to say something as a thankful remark, or maybe a simple goodbye. He had not expressed what they already knew, but the possibilities of coming back alive were dangerously low, and it didn’t feel right for it to just end like that without having the opportunity to express his gratitude to his crew.
He turned around and stepped next to her, the Supervisor sitting at the edge of the table with her nightingale helmet off. The bl
