boo: Sorry this is late. I haven't been sleeping very well, and I got my days mixed up.
Disclaimer: It's true. She's had maybe 18 hours of sleep in the past week, total.
boo: Yeah. It's been fun. Take over D, I'm gunna take a nap.
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Broken
Kratos sat by the fire late into the night, staring at the girl sleeping in an exhausted huddle beside him. She hadn't said one word to him since he had saved her. She hadn't let him heal her or comfort her when they had stopped for the night. She refused to let him touch her. She was terrified of him, though he had done nothing to harm her, only help her.
The bright gem at her throat mocked him at that thought. This entire situation was his fault. He should have tried to put a stop the Mithos' plan sooner. Now here he was, a fugitive from his only friends. And there she was, a victim of the Desians, too hurt and broken to possibly survive without him. He would have to stay with her.
He only hoped he could put her back together again.
He looked up at the stars, thinking. It wasn't enough to decide to take him with him. He would be pursued by Cruxis relentlessly. He would have to protect her. He looked down at her, his gaze lingering on the blood red gem at her throat. His hands tightened into fists as he recognized it.
The Angelus Project.
Kvar's little project that had Mithos so enthusiastic. The first subject to have survived more than a few weeks while wearing the Exsphere. She was supposed to be locked up in a Ranch. How had she managed to escape?
He looked up at the stars, not seeing them. It would be so easy to turn her in, go back to Cruxis, and forget this had ever happened. Pretend that he had just stepped out to clear his head. Someone else had rescued the poor, broken woman who lay beside him. He buried his head in his hands, his fingers tightening in his hair, pulling, bringing him back to reality. He couldn't do it. He couldn't help Mithos destroy the world again.
She wasn't the only one who was broken.
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