Acacia Thalia Lykaious has been with the ARC team since the very beginning but her walls begin to crumble after watching Stephen lose his life. She's struggling to come to terms with the loss of Stephen and her mother and the years of emotional abus...
Becker holds the 4 month old in the crook of his arm and he's just a bit bigger than Becker's arm. His tiny covered toes peek from his blanket, dangling in the fall breeze. His head, a crazy mass of brown curls not yet rubbed bald from lying in his crib, wobbles beneath his supporting hand. Thaila can't believe how tiny new humans are, how vulnerable, how awe inspiring.
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Abby and I walked through the ARC after Becker left for the armoury while Connor disappeared of somewhere. It has been a long while since we have discussed something other than work, she was busy telling me how her and Connor coped in the Cretaceous and by the sound of it sound terrifying and awful, they took refuge on the ground by building a shelter using fallen tree branches and their diet, living off bulbs and fish wasn't the best of ways to keep in good health but it was all that was edible for them.
"Abby!" Connor's voice came from behind us "have either of you seen Matt yet?"
"He said he'd be here around three" I told him "look Connor, we have to trust him, he's our new leader, there's nothing we can do about it".
"We hardly know him" Connor said.
"You hardly knew Cutter, Stephen but you trusted them, didn't you?" I asked them a bit irritated.
"Philip's coming to see us" Abby said changing the subject, after a few moments of us staring at each other.
"I know, I heard, Philip rocks" Connor blurted out "he's like the smarts man I have ever met".
"Cutter was smarter" I mumbled under my breath.
"What was that?" Connor asked.
"Cutter was smatter" I re-said.
"Well yeah Cutter was smart, but Philip is a world know scientist" Connor says trying to get me to change my mind, which he won't.
"Philip knows nothing about anomaly, Cutter knew everything even if he didn't let on, how does a world scientist compete with that".
"You're starting to sound like a groupie" Abby tells him.
"I am a groupie" he admitted "just without the sordid bits and the low self-esteem, guys if Philip's taking an interest in the creatures, then it can only be a good thing, right?"
"No" I admitted.
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