He chuckles. "Gods, I remember being like that my first month on a battlestar. We had to run yearly grav failure drills, but the only way the gravity'd really give out was if the entire life support system did, too. And you've got -- "
Unexpectedly, Gaeta falters. His mouth has gone dry, all of a sudden, and he has to swallow to recalibrate his thoughts.
"You've got way more important things to worry about if that happens," he finishes. "Anyway, uh -- not that I need to tell you. But when I was a nugget I was still convinced it could switch off at any moment, so I did the same thing. Everything stowed as soon as I got to my rack."
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Unexpectedly, Gaeta falters. His mouth has gone dry, all of a sudden, and he has to swallow to recalibrate his thoughts.
"You've got way more important things to worry about if that happens," he finishes. "Anyway, uh -- not that I need to tell you. But when I was a nugget I was still convinced it could switch off at any moment, so I did the same thing. Everything stowed as soon as I got to my rack."