Cmdr. Rayek tr'Lhoell[USS Amalthea - Deck 6 - s'Lhoell quarters]Captain Tess t'Lhoell
[USS Amalthea - s'Lhoell quarters]
Tess sat down and looked over the arrangement for breakfast, the whipped cream and berries, and the at the plate of crepe Rayek carried to the table.
"Delicious." She smiled and put one of the crepes on Rayek's plate first, then on hers. "Tea for me, please", she replied to his question. Her mind wandered to work. "What's our schedule for today?", she asked as she reached for the bowl of whipped cream and spread some of it onto her crepe before sprinkling it with a variety of berries.
Rayek had already boiled a kettle of water for his own Chai tea. As such there was enough hot water left over for a cup of tea for Tess as well. He replicated her a cup and teabag then poured the boiled water into the cup with teabag within for the tea to steep before returning to the table. He set her tea by her plate and sat down as she asked about their schedule.
Being the ship's executive officer meant that Rayek was the funnel of information up to the Captain so that she had all she needed to make critical decisions regarding the running of the ship at any point in time; being her husband meant that he organized that information in the most efficient manner possible so that her time wasn't wasted and they could spend more time as a family.
Normally, he preferred not to 'talk shop' during the morning meal since usually Tess or he would be busy seeing to Fvienn. But with Fvienn still asleep, Tess' query was sound. This was the opportune time to fill her in on the business of the ship.
While Tess, spread whipped cream and berries onto her crepe, Rayek reached for his PADD and opened up the day's calendar. Tess, of course, was scheduled for Alpha shift as was protocol.
"Your schedule begins at 0700 hrs." It was 06:30 presently.
"First thing after relieving the Gamma shift duty officer is a department head meeting at 07:15 to go over new developments and priorities. We should get updates from Ops on their attempts at contacting the astrocetus, and engineering on their continued investigation into the shuttle explosion." Rayek paused here a moment, setting down his PADD so that he could receive the whipped cream bowl from Tess and slather on a thick layer of the dairy confection. Numerous sliced strawberries followed that, after which Rayek rolled the crepe carefully before cutting the roll into neatly orderly pieces.
Then with fork in one hand and PADD in the other Rayek continued his listing off of Tess' schedule.
"At 0900, I have set aside an hour for you to have time in your office to review and sign off on the departmental reports and -" Rayek's words were interrupted by a call on their quarter's intercom.
"Sickbay to Commander tr'Lhoell." 
Rayek recognized the voice on the other end of the call as being that of Ensign Fuller.
Rayek looked to Tess in mild concern as to the topic of the call. Had Tess' father's condition worsened? But then why call for him and not her? Rayek set the PADD down close to Tess so that she could continue reviewing her schedule. He then stood up and walked over to the wall display and intercom to answer the call.
"Commander tr'Lhoell here. Go ahead, Ensign" 
Rayek responded, then listened attentively for the reason he had been called prior to the start of his shift.
"Sorry to call you so early, sir; but patient Ensign tr'Movel just woke up and is insisting to see you as soon as possible." 
they informed him.
Oh? Rayek could think of only one reason why the flight officer would call on him - Lared had recalled something. This was excellent news! But before Rayek could respond and let the medical officer know that he would be right down, Fuller continued speaking.
"He says to tell you - he's changed his decision but that you better get it done now before he changes his mind again."
Both of Rayek's eyebrows shot up in surprise at that relayed message. The only decision that this could be in reference to was Tess' request to allow Rayek to search his memories for the error code he'd seen on the display panel prior to the explosion. A request that Lared had initially been unwilling to consider. That had now changed. Rayek's reluctance however hadn't, but if Lared was willing, Rayek would follow through because this was what Tess said she needed. He just hoped she and Lared would both forgive him afterwards.
"Ensign Fuller, please inform Ensign tr'Movel that I will on my way."
Rayek looked to his wife.
"I supposed I should get dressed and head on down to the med bay. Depending on how long much resistance his mind puts up, I may not make it to today's briefing. I'll report back to you once we're done."