If war were a game that a man or a child Could think of winning [Open]

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Lafiel staggered out and away from the sensorium pod, clutching her bruised jaw. Blood pooled between her teeth, coppery and salty in her mouth and she swallowed it.

There was a special kind of humiliation that came with being physically bested and though Lafiel knew she was in the right, it still stung.

Master Chief or Captain Kirk would have known what do immediately, but she had only exacerbated the situation. She knew this to be her own fault. The punch had been a predictable consequence of her actions.

She couldn't even curse for fear of spitting more blood.

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Lafiel tasted bitterness as her mouth was swabbed out. She had no fear of Meluly attempting another pass at her. It was very much not a sexy process.

When it was done, she walked to the sink basin, gargled and spat, a little embarrassed at the undignified gesture.

"Don't avoid me." Where anyone else would have said 'Even me?', Lafiel deployed her imperiousness.

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"If I do, it's only because I want to keep you safe," Luly says quietly, and slides onto an empty bed, sitting on the edge with her legs hanging off. "I, I think the next break's going to be a bad one. A really bad one. I keep having dreams—" She cuts herself off.

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Lafiel walked close to her, looking up and defiant from out of those big grey eyes. "I don't care if you're dangerous to me. I will not abandon you." She'd abandoned the person she cared for once. It wasn't happening a second time.

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Luly almost trembles in place for a moment and her head droops. "Lafiel..."

And then Lafiel gets pulled into a tight albeit somewhat unsteady hug. She may want to remind Luly to not squeeze quite so hard.

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Lafiel felt her cheek and tooth uncomfortably contact again. She shifted her pointed chin so it wasn't quite so painful and returned the hug. "I am your reiozy after all...and an Abriel always fulfills their duties."

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"Thank you, Lafiel—oh!" Luly eases up a little on the grip. "Do you want me to stay with you? That can't feel very good..."