[ Whether she meant it to or not, that strikes a chord in Skye.
The agent blinks, disconnecting from the empathic urgency with which she'd plead at Kara's loyalties. Dumbfounded surprise parts her lips, and she sits there in a beat of silence searching for an argument to the contrary.
It plants a seed of doubt—more accurately, it preys upon the one her father planted. SHIELD is not what she hopes it is. They will not understand her, will not have a solution. SHIELD cannot save her from what she is.
Her gaping ceases abruptly as she replies, ] It's as strong as it needs to be.
[ The statement lacks vigor. Startled, uncomfortable with the obligate navel-gazing this involves, she scoots her chair out and rises to her feet. There, she stands awkwardly a moment, obviously still wrapped up in whatever 33 managed to stir within her. ]
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The agent blinks, disconnecting from the empathic urgency with which she'd plead at Kara's loyalties. Dumbfounded surprise parts her lips, and she sits there in a beat of silence searching for an argument to the contrary.
It plants a seed of doubt—more accurately, it preys upon the one her father planted. SHIELD is not what she hopes it is. They will not understand her, will not have a solution. SHIELD cannot save her from what she is.
Her gaping ceases abruptly as she replies, ] It's as strong as it needs to be.
[ The statement lacks vigor. Startled, uncomfortable with the obligate navel-gazing this involves, she scoots her chair out and rises to her feet. There, she stands awkwardly a moment, obviously still wrapped up in whatever 33 managed to stir within her. ]