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The commander is someone that you could call very festive. HERA had learned this very early on, when Eiffel nearly had a panic attack over a few plastic spiders that were decorating the communications room at the end of October. When December rolled around, and it wasn't a surprise to anyone in the small crew that there were paper chains and snowflakes beginning to pop up around the Hephaestus. Eiffel had actually helped with a few of them, using it as an excuse to slack off.
HERA found this fascinating. The people at the testing facility hadn't even thought to mention holidays to her, and yet here she was, watching the Lieutenant Commander hum tunes to herself while she looked over logs in the bridge. The AI's curiosity finally won, and she began to ask the questions she had been eating inside her.
"Commander, wh-what is that you're humming?"
The commander looked up, her eyebrows furrowing a bit before looking up to the intercom's speaker. "Oh, it's just an old Christmas song. Was it bothering you?"
"N-no, I was just wonder-dering," There was a small pause, as HERA debated continuing. Minkowski's posture hadn't changed, it was still slightly hunched as she flipped through papers, making note of certain sections. Maybe obtaining a few more answers wouldn't hurt...
"What is it called?" The AI's voice asked faintly.
"Hmm?" Minkowski turned to the speaker. She came to the realization she was hunched over, and sat up straight, before attaching her pen to the magnet she had sticky-tacked to her desk a few months ago. Her attention went back to the speaker, as she awaited for HERA to repeat herself.
A bit louder this time, and with a bit more courage, HERA asked again, "The song you we-were humming, what was-as it called?"
The commander smiled, replying in a sing-songed voice, that HERA could only assume were lyrics "Petit Papa Noël"
As soon as the commander finished her reply, HERA began to scour her files for the song. It wasn't long (only 0.3 seconds) before she found an .mp3 and began to play it in the engine room for herself.