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As her captain in the Val Jean, Chakotay had encouraged B’Elanna to find some means of meditation.
How was she to find that on Voyager?
In engineering, there was a corner - not well-hidden but no one seemed to find her there. Though quiet was relative in engineering, the peripheral glow of the warp core reflecting on the walls was strangely soothing.
She’d lean against the wall and sink down to the floor, head back and just shut everything out. Behind closed eyes, she could still see the faint flicker, and here, more than anywhere else, she let it lull her into stillness.