Kira didn't say anything as he seethed.
"This won't keep me forever," he spat.
"No, it won't."
There was a loud crash from Pallas's side. "Why are you doing this?"
"I know you were on Rothchild's moon before the blast."
A defeated sigh came over the line. "Kira."
Kira glared at her reflection, hating the gleam of wet on her cheeks. "Did you kill my friends?"
There was another sigh. "It's not that simple, heasa."
"It is, actually. Very simple."
"Turn off this trap. This isn't the way to do this."
"Did. You. Kill. My. Friends?"
Symbols appeared on Kira's face and arm, her primus struggling to rise by the last word.
Graydon's arms tightened around her, his voice crooning in her ear. "Shh."
"Yes," Pallas admitted.
Kira folded forward, Graydon's grip on her the only thing that kept her from collapsing as an ugly, hurt sound left her throat. "Shut it down, Jin."
"Who?" the J1N asked dumbly.
"Turn it off!" Kira screamed, lunging at the drone.
Graydon stopped her, turning her into his chest as Kira broke down. "I've got you, cheva nier. Let it all out."
Tears clouded her vision as she buried her face in Graydon's chest and let herself grieve.
Elena - Tsavitee Planet
"It's not fair that I have to play pretend while you get to go do all the fun things," Elena grumbled, trailing behind the other children.
She wanted to be out sabotaging Tsavitee weapons systems and creating havoc wherever she wandered. Not chumming it up with a bunch of children who'd made it quite clear how much they disliked her this morning when she reported for training to find a flaw in her gravity harness. If she hadn't spotted the issue, she would have been subjected to gravity harsh enough that the bones in her legs would have snapped.
Assholes. Vicious, conniving assholes.
"Keep up, new girl," Fyr growled from the front of the pack.
"Yeah, yeah," Elena muttered under her breath, jogging to catch up with the rest.
Fyr signaled for the group to exercise caution as they spread out through the subterranean cavern they'd been tasked with exploring today. Elena took her time, putting distance between her and the others so she could carry on her conversation with Uncle Jin without discovery.
"As we've been over already, you're responsible for maintaining our cover," Uncle Jin said patiently. "Your presence will be missed. Mine won't. I'm the obvious choice."
Elena side stepped an obvious trap.
"Damn it," Elena cursed as one foot slipped off the rock, splashing into the shallow pool next to her.
"What's wrong?" Uncle Jin demanded.
