 Why didn’t David awaken the woman first?
Over the mesh-covered speaker, two knobs glowed red. I reached down to the tightness that held my body, found the wide strap that held me and fumbled with the buckle. There was no sensation of place, no feeling of up or down, no direction. "Your name is David Corbin." Now it must tell me why I didn't. "Do not begin operations until the others are removed from suspension." He was as still as death, motionless without warmth or breath as I hovered over him. I dared not try to operate anything. Everything lay in readiness, fastened down star charts, instruments, glittering equipment. It waited for human hands to make it operate. What speeds and perhaps, what distance?
 He found her beautiful and didn’t want to harm her.
 He had amnesia and forgot.  She was important to the mission.  He stumbled and hurt himself.  He found her beautiful and didn’t want to harm her.