Forever Constant

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Chapter 36: 2008, part 2

"Faith?" She jumped and turned, eyes wide, to find that the had been the Captain speaking. "Is your name Faith?"

"Please, don't," she said, shuddering, as he sat down across from her. "How did you know?"

"It's online," he shrugged. "Apparently. A friend of mine came across it when we were...dealing with the consequences of the glove."

"I did warn you."

"Yeah. I know," he said. "Is it true then? You're...the girl from the story? They used the glove on you?" For a long stretch of time, she said nothing, not meeting his eyes. Finally, he sighed. "You don't have to talk about it, if you don't want to. I just thought – 500 years? Maybe it would be long enough."

"For you, maybe it would be," she answered. "Not for me."

"Sure." After a pause he said, "You wanted a favor?"

She'd almost forgotten about that and nearly dismissed it now that he brought it up again, saying that the favor had only been an attempt to discourage his question. Then she had a better idea. "I want to meet him," she decided. When the Captain seemed confused, she clarified. "Or her. Whomever you resurrected."

"Owen?"

"If he's the one who was resurrected."

Slowly, he nodded. "All right. I can't see him being too enthusiastic about it, but okay."

"He's just been brought back from the dead. He's not enthusiastic about anything anymore, is he?" she asked and he shook his head. "Perhaps I can help."

"Maybe..." he seemed doubtful. "Could you do something for me though?"

"The last thing I did for you allowed that glove to be used again," she reminded him sharply.

He winced. "Nothing like that. His name's Owen Harper. Can you call him that?"

"I...possibly," she replied slowly, a little confused at the request. "Why? Is it important?"

"Well, not important, exactly. It's just...you call me Captain. Owen's title is 'Doctor.'"

She smiled. "I see. I think I can manage 'Owen,' yes."

A/N: Owen will appear next chapter, I promise. And I've decided against a different story for Jack and Owen chapters, so don't worry about that.

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