She moved into his arms without hesitation. It was the one place on the ship where she felt truly content and truly safe. For her part, she couldn't remember what she'd been thinking when it had happened. She'd just wanted to get him to the hospital and stop it from happening.

"Neither am I," she said, quietly, "But losing you ... that scares me."

She paused.

"We're in the middle of a war. We always knew it was a risk. We can't change that. We just have to keep fighting."