Kira wakes up to an unfamiliar woman and boy. Another man arrives and takes her to a sickbay. She loses consciousness, and when she wakes up, she is in sickbay, and the boy and the doctor are in the room with her. She knows from their clothing that they are not UMC and realizes that she has not arrived at her intended destination. 

The boy, whose name is Trig, tells her that she is on the SLV Wallfish, a civilian ship. Kira gives them a fake name until she knows more about them. Her ship was floating without power when they found it—the trip has taken 88 days, which is longer than intended. Hearing that, Kira wonders why she is not hungry. The doctor, Vishal, wants to draw blood, but Kira refuses. To them, the xeno appears to be a skinsuit, similar to what everyone wears, and she does not want them to discover the truth.

Vishal pressures Kira for a blood test, and as she starts to get angry the xeno begins to respond, its impulse to protect Kira again. Captain Falconi enters and introduces himself and tells the doctor that if Kira does not want one, there will be no blood test.