Peggy wailed and cried, her arms wrapped tightly around my thigh, hugging so hard I started to lose some of the circulation.'Be very careful, Ike. Thi... could cause problems you aren't prepared to deal with.'"Mom, she's acting like a spoiled child. If she won't listen to reason, I have to get thru to her somehow."'But she's not a child. She's a frightened young woman who's lost her only means of protection. She's become fixated on you now; you are her protection. You are her father figure." I'm. ”Hoff reached up, grumbling into his helmet as he slowly removed the detonator, returning the explosive to its container. He hurried along after the rest of the team as they made their way back down the dank passageway, struggling to slot it back into his rig, the splashes and footsteps echoing off the old stone walls.“The war is over, then?” Petrova asked as she waded through the water beside Brenner. “We only just arrived!”“Looks that way,” he replied. “The plan was to replace the territory’s. That's what we expected. However, over the next two weeks, he started to perk up, and by the end of the month, he was acting like a young dog, again. His missing teeth were growing back in, and his fur was taking on the sheen he had when he was two or three years old.Everybody noticed the change in the dog, even the youngest children. Once the effect appeared to be certain, Eve and I explained to Mary and George what I had done. We asked if they wanted to try a trip through the stasis field to. .." Ayeka smiled. "And you?" She watched as Sasami mildly started, Seeming to consider the question for a moment. Her sister then appeared to collect herself, siting back on her heels, regally straitening."I'm staying..." Sasami sighed then stopped, "For now." She added. Thinking back on her dreams of the last few days, wondering how much she should tell her sister. "I think, I might be needed here." She concluded."How will you be able to stand it?" Ayeka asked wonderingly, Genuinely concerned..