[The suggestion of a smile was more than enough. Athena smiled back, gladdened to have found someone that had a bit of understanding.]

It was some personal business-- I ran into some cops on a trip to pick up something for the archival collections at the University, and.... well, you know cops.

[A one shouldered shrug. Cops were cops, no matter what universe they were in.]

I hadn't done anything wrong, so I tried to shake them and ran waaaay off course.

Uh.

Un-registered planet kinda off course.

It's been crazy and I should have just stayed back and helped run drills to test the limits for the AI piloted ship the engineering department is working on.