It started as a normal enough day - the only unusual thing was that an old friend of mine, my mentor from my first internship, someone I hadn't seen in years, was going to be on board for a few days. Naturally, I wanted to be the one to greet him when he arrived and get him settled in.

(She sighs sadly.)

He'd just lost his wife. Couldn't stand to stay on the starbase where they'd worked together for years, so he retired from Starfleet and was moving away.