Luckily for him, she wasn't too busy at the moment.
Katanya cursed emphatically when Owen revealed that his mystery deviant had Anita. She could be a convincing actress when she needed to be. Leaning against her car she pulled a stick of gum from one of her pockets. It was the fruity kind that was too big for your mouth at first, but let you blow awesome bubbles. She watched pedestrians pass on the sidewalk as Owen rattled off instructions. Katanya was dressed in the day-to-day CTN officer's garb. Black and bright green, and somehow, still menacing. The look of it made people leave her alone; most civilians did not want to go toe-to-toe with the Covenant.
Blowing a bubble with her gum, the Major General looked over her shoulder to make sure Anita was still occupied. "I follow," she reassured, summarizing and rattling his instructions back to him.
"They didn't ask for anything?" she pressed, even though she already knew the answer. Her plan was delicate from this moment. Asking, or failing to ask, the wrong questions, could make the whole thing unravel. She blew another bubble with her gum.
Julianna's breath caught when he looked at her; she stared back at his near apologetic gaze. At his beckoning, she approached his desk. It felt like there was a vice around her heart that tightened with every word Owen spoke into the phone. They have Anita. That one damning phrase kept playing in her head. The final nail in the coffin that verified her worst fears. Someone had taken their daughter to get to him.
Stopping beside Owen, she leaned against his desk, ears pressed flat to the crown of her head. She resisted pawing at his hands to stop the clicking; he had his own ways of coping. He was still talking to Katanya, so Jules kept pretending to patient and didn't interrupt him. Her tail flicked in anticipation, his new orders threatening a spill of tears.
"No demands?" she repeated, voice pitching higher and forgetting to be patient. "W-what are we supposed to do? How are we supposed to get her back. What's going to happen to Anita?" Her questions came all at once, accompanied by the tears she'd been trying to avoid. They were hot on her face, and she wiped them away with shaking hands.
Katanya cursed emphatically when Owen revealed that his mystery deviant had Anita. She could be a convincing actress when she needed to be. Leaning against her car she pulled a stick of gum from one of her pockets. It was the fruity kind that was too big for your mouth at first, but let you blow awesome bubbles. She watched pedestrians pass on the sidewalk as Owen rattled off instructions. Katanya was dressed in the day-to-day CTN officer's garb. Black and bright green, and somehow, still menacing. The look of it made people leave her alone; most civilians did not want to go toe-to-toe with the Covenant.
Blowing a bubble with her gum, the Major General looked over her shoulder to make sure Anita was still occupied. "I follow," she reassured, summarizing and rattling his instructions back to him.
"They didn't ask for anything?" she pressed, even though she already knew the answer. Her plan was delicate from this moment. Asking, or failing to ask, the wrong questions, could make the whole thing unravel. She blew another bubble with her gum.
Julianna's breath caught when he looked at her; she stared back at his near apologetic gaze. At his beckoning, she approached his desk. It felt like there was a vice around her heart that tightened with every word Owen spoke into the phone. They have Anita. That one damning phrase kept playing in her head. The final nail in the coffin that verified her worst fears. Someone had taken their daughter to get to him.
Stopping beside Owen, she leaned against his desk, ears pressed flat to the crown of her head. She resisted pawing at his hands to stop the clicking; he had his own ways of coping. He was still talking to Katanya, so Jules kept pretending to patient and didn't interrupt him. Her tail flicked in anticipation, his new orders threatening a spill of tears.
"No demands?" she repeated, voice pitching higher and forgetting to be patient. "W-what are we supposed to do? How are we supposed to get her back. What's going to happen to Anita?" Her questions came all at once, accompanied by the tears she'd been trying to avoid. They were hot on her face, and she wiped them away with shaking hands.
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