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About a month after the DSX incident, Lael found herself in the dimly-lit observation lounge, which was falling apart. Upon entering, she saw Lieutenant Commander {{n|Chythar Skyfire}} sitting at a table alone in the empty lounge. He looked disheveled and exhausted beyond reason. After grabbing a cup of tea, she joined Chythar and attempted to engage him in coversation. When Chythar began talking about his social awkwardness and his loneliness as well as his crush on Commander {{n|Alex Blair}}, Lael agreed to offer him social lessons [Social Graces, Parts I & II]. During this conversation, she also learned about Chythar's coping mechanism, Stripey, to help him deal with the stress caused by his telepathic and empathic gifts. | About a month after the DSX incident, Lael found herself in the dimly-lit observation lounge, which was falling apart. Upon entering, she saw Lieutenant Commander {{n|Chythar Skyfire}} sitting at a table alone in the empty lounge. He looked disheveled and exhausted beyond reason. After grabbing a cup of tea, she joined Chythar and attempted to engage him in coversation. When Chythar began talking about his social awkwardness and his loneliness as well as his crush on Commander {{n|Alex Blair}}, Lael agreed to offer him social lessons [Social Graces, Parts I & II]. During this conversation, she also learned about Chythar's coping mechanism, Stripey, to help him deal with the stress caused by his telepathic and empathic gifts. | ||
After months stuck in the other universe, the crew thought they had finally found a way home. Lael worked with {{n|Ayiana Sevo}}, Larant, and Tyan to jury-rig a Romulan deflector array to open another fissure. However, while attempting to do so, they found themselves under attack by Erik Jansen's ships. Lael and Larant were left to keep power up. They managed to for a period, but a weapons' fire shook the ship, disabling the device and knocking Lael into a nearby wall. They struggled to get the power back to the device, succeeding just in time. The ''Gorkon'' took a rocky ride through the fissure and was greeted on the other side by the nine crew members of the hijacked ''USS Yahrala'', among them Commander {{n|Walter Brunsig}}. The nine helped haul the ''Gorkon'' back to Earth | After months stuck in the other universe, the crew thought they had finally found a way home. Lael worked with {{n|Ayiana Sevo}}, Larant, and Tyan to jury-rig a Romulan deflector array to open another fissure. However, while attempting to do so, they found themselves under attack by Erik Jansen's ships. Lael and Larant were left to keep power up. They managed to for a period, but a weapons' fire shook the ship, disabling the device and knocking Lael into a nearby wall. They struggled to get the power back to the device, succeeding just in time. The ''Gorkon'' took a rocky ride through the fissure and was greeted on the other side by the nine crew members of the hijacked ''USS Yahrala'', among them Commander {{n|Walter Brunsig}}. The nine helped haul the ''Gorkon'' back to Earth. | ||
===='''''AFTERMATH'''''==== | |||
While on Earth, Lael ran into her ex-husband, Jensar, while waiting for Jansen to arrive at the hotel. She agreed to have lunch with him to catch up, not suspecting that he had ulterior motives. Over lunch, they talked about the old days and Lael told Jensar about Jansen. Toward the end of the conversation, as Jensar stood to leave, he took her by surprise and kissed her. It took her a moment to overcome her shock before she pushed him away, insisting she was with Jansen. Jensar left while Lael stayed behind to wait for Jansen to arrive for dinner. Though she hadn't initiated the kiss, she was full of guilt about it. Jansen arrived for dinner as planned and she tried to forget about it. The next day, she visited her family and friends for the first time in nearly a year. During this visit, they noticed a change in her. She was more surly, moody, and sought to be alone rather than in the company of others, showing symptoms of both depression and PTSD. Even Jansen couldn't seem to reassure her. That night, they had a fight and Lael took off, getting drunk at a bar with {{n|Anjar Thoran}}, who left his daughter with his parents to comfort her. Anjar later called Jansen, who helped her home. | |||
The next day, her extended family and friends had a reunion, which Jansen and Lael both attended. Unaware of what had transpired between them just the day before, Lael's friend {{n|Rebecca Hollendale had invited Lael's ex. This lead to a confrontation between Jensar and Jansen, during which Jansen became very aggressive with Lael's ex to the point that he had his hands around the man's throat ready to kill him. Lael intervened and Jensar, stunned, stumbled off. Overwhelmed by Jansen's behavior, Lael ran. By the time Lael got back, Jansen was gone. She jumped on the soonest shuttle, rushing after him to apologize. She found him at Starfleet Medical and threw herself into his arms, attempting to explain her reaction. In the heat of the moment, Jansen proposed and Lael said yes. | |||
The two later attended the memorial service together with Lael spilling the beans in private to her best friend, Chythar just before. At the ceremony, Lael received her Quantum Reality Service Ribbon, Extended Service Ribbon, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Ribbon and her second Purple Heart. Following the Memorial, Jansen and Lael met Lael's father for dinner. | |||
The next morning at breakfast, Lael was quiet and withdrawn, still processing what had happened in the other universe. She was also feeling very insecure. When Jansen started talking aobut how they were such great friends. The stress and anxiety from the last several months combined with her insecurities, leading her to majorly overreact, thinking that Jansen had changed his mind about the engagement. She had a meltdown that resulted in her punching him in the nose, leaving the engagement ring, and storming from the room. She called Anjar to console her and they disappeared to a nearby beach for two days, during which Anjar kissed her and Lael realized he had romantic feelings for her. Returning to civilization, they sought help in fixing her broken hand, calling Chythar to come to her hotel room, which he did gladly, as she told him about everything that had happened. | |||
===='''PRIOR TO HER TRANSFER TO THE ''USS ZA'''''==== | ===='''PRIOR TO HER TRANSFER TO THE ''USS ZA'''''==== | ||