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Kiera had scowled through the whole story, a scowl that got deeper at the end. At length, she finally sighed, dragging her teeth roughly over her bottom lip before speaking. <br><br> | Kiera had scowled through the whole story, a scowl that got deeper at the end. At length, she finally sighed, dragging her teeth roughly over her bottom lip before speaking. <br><br> | ||
− | "I might be wrong, but I think if you'd a killed Joshua, your Mr. Carter would have written you off. I don't | + | "I might be wrong, but I think if you'd a killed Joshua, your Mr. Carter would have written you off. I don't thinking the test is you killing those you love Rina, but instead are you willing to sacrifice all to save them? Might be wrong, but it comes down to faith and your basic humanity." She smiled gently, patting Rina's leg. "You're too damn suspicious and too freakin' fatalistic."<br><br> |
Settling herself on a rolling chair, she leaned close. "Was he mad that you refused him?"<br><br> | Settling herself on a rolling chair, she leaned close. "Was he mad that you refused him?"<br><br> | ||
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− | “I don’t know.” I sagged against the wall, limp with relief. What had I feared from Kiera? I didn’t know that either. I only knew I was pathetically glad that she didn’t reject me out of hand. Instead she’d listened and had given me a viewpoint that I’d completely missed. Did Mike test me to see how far I’d go to save someone, rather than kill him? All my decisions past that point hung in the balance and I didn’t have the strength to reassess them. ''Coward'', my inner critic whispered. ''Never mind that now | + | “I don’t know.” I sagged against the wall, limp with relief. What had I feared from Kiera? I didn’t know that either. I only knew I was pathetically glad that she didn’t reject me out of hand. Instead she’d listened and had given me a viewpoint that I’d completely missed. Did Mike test me to see how far I’d go to save someone, rather than kill him? All my decisions past that point hung in the balance and I didn’t have the strength to reassess them. ''Coward'', my inner critic whispered. ''Never mind that now, I answered back. Kiera’s still waiting for an answer''. I replayed my goodbye on the tarmac and did my best to recall every nuance of Mike’s reaction. I saw again the vulnerable look in his eyes at my approach, the change in his demeanor as he aborted his welcoming hug, that smug smirk when I confronted him with my drawn gun a moment later.<br><br> |
− | “Not mad, exactly. More like … he’d confirmed something he’d suspected but needed proof on. But I’d be a liar if I said he wasn’t hurt that I didn’t go with him.” I fidgeted with the bedsheets, picking at the weave the way my conscience needled my heart. “He was loading the rat trap two-seater they’d given him and he still had the bandage on his neck where they’d … He said that he knew it wasn’t like me to kill a | + | “Not mad, exactly. More like … he’d confirmed something he’d suspected but needed proof on. But I’d be a liar if I said he wasn’t hurt that I didn’t go with him.” I fidgeted with the bedsheets, picking at the weave the way my conscience needled my heart. “He was loading the rat trap two-seater they’d given him and he still had the bandage on his neck where they’d … He said that he knew it wasn’t like me to kill a man in cold blood, but that he’d be wrong about ‘good’ and ‘cold’. He said he knew I could deal with Joshua when I needed to and that I ''would'' need to. And that when I was done with Joshua, I’d go to him.” <br><br> |
I forced my fingers to go still and looked up at Kiera.<br><br> | I forced my fingers to go still and looked up at Kiera.<br><br> | ||
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'''Go to''' [[Kiera Sullivan | '''Kiera's Crew Page''']] or '''[[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | Rina's Crew Page]]''' <br> | '''Go to''' [[Kiera Sullivan | '''Kiera's Crew Page''']] or '''[[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | Rina's Crew Page]]''' <br> | ||
− | '''Go back to: ''[[Mutineers Timeline, Season Six | Season Six, Aug 2522 to | + | '''Go back to: ''[[Mutineers Timeline, Season Six | Season Six, Aug 2522 to -- ]]'''''<br> |
'''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]'''<br> | '''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]'''<br> |