Even more time later...
Trax and Nim stood outside the door to the captain's quarters. Trax's original excuse for coming here was in a search for a drink, but in reality, he wanted to see Rand. Between all the time he'd spent recovering from his own injuries and looking after Nim, he felt guilty about not having spoken with Rand until now, assuming they were allowed in.
Trax checked a sigh, guilt, yet another thing he'd never...well, almost never, felt about anything until recently. He hit the panel by the door, setting of a 'ding' on the other side.