((DS 17 -- Commander Kare'en's Quarters)) Salak: Good evening, sir. Kare'en: Good to see you, Ensign. Are you settled into quarters aboard the Station? Salak: I find the Wallace more accommodating, but I'm intending to visit my station quarters after having finished here. ::The Commander nodded.:: Kare'en: Any plans for leave? Salak: Level 1 diagnostics and efforts to reduce power consumption without compromising systems. ::Kare'ens face turned from a smile to an even larger one, a smirk.. Salak could not understand what he had said that was so funny.:: ::The Commander looked up at that.::