Hostages. Allenby could feel her hackles rising at the very thought of Zouichi being used as leverage against her good behavior, however the Daligig chose to define that. She raised her fists automatically. "Well, I ain't letting them use that! Not with Zouichi--I know he wouldn't want us to buckle under because we were worried about him."

She was pretty confident of that, at least. He was a fighter, like her.

"Maybe." Allenby glared at the pods. "I don't think the Daligig care to do anything more than bare-bones. But I can't make myself trust Stacy. Never did buy her 'hi I want to be your mom' routine."