>>31127749Give him what?
Her eyes widened in surprise, in anger and most of all, in fear.
Be separated from her child?
HER child?
No, she couldn't she wouldn't even if it were anyone else she would have doubts, second thoughts, with him...the traitor of the Tau Empire, a betrayer to the greater good and all its ideals!
He thought she couldn't protect her child?
"The ships are leaving O'Shaserra and I can't get you to safety."
Synapses fired off in her head, the pain seemed to fade as she went cold.
No, never, not she couldn't think it.
But...
If he could get her little one to safety.
No, she would rather die...but, should he?
Where was O'Kais? where was he?!
"I can see if we can get a second wave, but right now we need to get as many as we can to safety, children included."
Her tactile side of her mind told her to do it, the cold, thinking part of her brain, said to her that at least her child would live on.
Her emotional side of her brain was crying out to never, ever think about it, that she could never trust anyone with the child, that she could never trust HIM with the child.
"O'Shaserra...please...I promise you with my life that no harm will come to the child, not a scratch...I know that I'm a "traitor", but I would not be here if I did not care about the Empire, that includes you and that child!"
She could feel his voice shake her to her core, even from distance away it had force.
...she held out her child.
"Take him, take him and get him to safety."
Her voice, almost a whisper, so soft, so quiet like she didn't want it to escape her throat.
Her whole being shook, telling her it was wrong, her heart had sank so deep, but her mind, her genius mind told her, she had to.
She felt something slide down her face...tears? was she, crying?
She didn't want to be seen crying infront of Him, not just because he was an enemy, he was a rival, someone she had to be as strong as, she had to scrape up what little resolve she had.
"Take him, that is an Order, O'Shovah!"