Crunch, crunch, crunch.
He still had a fair bit of distance to cover. But the memories would not let him be.
A mysterious donor had dropped off two pints of blood to save Sandoval's life. The donor had to be a blood relative.
"Agent Sandoval, you have a son." The doctor had told him. He had been both pleased and shocked. He was a father, it turned out, after trying so hard, but who was this boy? His son had to be rather young; otherwise his mother would have demanded child support years ago. His son's mother had no reason to hide him from his father until Sandoval had begun working for the Taelons. But for a child that young, donating blood would be dangerous! Then the doctor revealed something else.
"You son's DNA has the most unusual structure."
Liam had been a hybrid, then, conceived when Ha'gal had taken possession of Sandoval's body. That explained why he looked like an adult but was only a few years old. Sandoval would not knowingly torture a small child.
He remembered Liam's screams quite clearly, despite the hybrid's attempts to stay silent. Sandoval had been relentless, ignoring Liam's pain in favour of the information he wanted.
Now he was horrified. He had tortured a child --his own child-- with no more emotion than if he was made of lead.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
He still had a fair bit of distance to cover. But the memories would not let him be.
A mysterious donor had dropped off two pints of blood to save Sandoval's life. The donor had to be a blood relative.
"Agent Sandoval, you have a son." The doctor had told him. He had been both pleased and shocked. He was a father, it turned out, after trying so hard, but who was this boy? His son had to be rather young; otherwise his mother would have demanded child support years ago. His son's mother had no reason to hide him from his father until Sandoval had begun working for the Taelons. But for a child that young, donating blood would be dangerous! Then the doctor revealed something else.
"You son's DNA has the most unusual structure."
Liam had been a hybrid, then, conceived when Ha'gal had taken possession of Sandoval's body. That explained why he looked like an adult but was only a few years old. Sandoval would not knowingly torture a small child.
He remembered Liam's screams quite clearly, despite the hybrid's attempts to stay silent. Sandoval had been relentless, ignoring Liam's pain in favour of the information he wanted.
Now he was horrified. He had tortured a child --his own child-- with no more emotion than if he was made of lead.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.