Chapter Two: A Whole Old World

[Akirapryde]

A frown crossed the doctor’s face, “I am sorry” he said with a great deal of sadness. “We searched and searched around the shuttle and only found a small number of pods. There was only one that belonged to a Comstar vessel. And we only stumbled upon that one by accident. From our best efforts, you were the sole survivor of the Comstar ship.”

He drew in a deep breath, “you had a bad head wound. You have to understand that this is not a hospital. In fact, Ms. Kato and I are the only medical personal aboard the ship. There were so many wounded that we couldn’t save them all.” He walked towards Suki with a frown, “I am so sorry. We didn’t have the facilities or the medical staff to conduct the kind of surgery you needed to save your eye sight. The best we could do was save your life from the head trauma.”

On that, he turned back to Eric and Jake and returned to the center of the room. “Please understand that we did our best in an impossible situation.” He took a moment to collect his thoughts before adding, “do you have any other questions?”