while Order may have looked solid once they were holding her they would realize she had internalized major wounds in a complex pattern to present a very convincing display of being whole when she was anything but.<span style="color: #ffff00">"even if we found him this moment i am in no condition for another extraction or another battle with someone near my own age. i may be willing to die for my children despite knowing nothing about them but i will not fail them because i rushed in ill prepared. the best healer is Serenity. she doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything but she does good work and she has no allegiances or grudges. i know why you asked, but i gave you the only answer i have, the logical one. if i mean anything to you do not make me that promise, you are still Chaos and her condition is incredibly grave. you may be capable of the impossible but you cannot be sure those dice will favor you in this case. Justice, surely you remember her form when she was a baby... or were Chaos and i such overprotective parents that we shielded the child even from her siblings?"</span>Order laughed hollowly.<span style="color: #ffff00">"tell me something i don't know... the Fel hurts, that is what it does." </span>she sighed tiredly and hit them both with the equivalent of a flick upside the head.<span style="color: #ffff00">"don't blame those who enforce the laws, blame those who break them and need to be judged. you think i like that i have to arrest Machinist? she is your brother's mate and he just got free. even if they wanted to run away and never see me again i would be happy for them as he would be happy. but what of the fifty people she assaulted? twenty years in a black hole is the standard punishment for assault, added up it is a thousand years. however, before anyone jumps down my throat, there are other laws to consider, namely those that usually apply to collaborators to the Counsel, yes, i know she isn't one, let me finish. those laws state that any assistance given that helps our people recover from the Counsel's rule can be considered during sentencing so long as the offender agrees to a full confession. with over a hundred Eternals rescued, Machinist has only to confess, a legal formality since i was there, endure a cuff upside the head as a stern warning from me not to do it again and then apologize to her victims. they did help rescue your mate of your own free will so it seems like the least you could do while i explain why you aren't in prison."</span>she thought for a moment before she spoke again.<span style="color: #ffff00">"legally speaking you can only take this deal once. if you do it now then next time it won't matter if you find a million Eternals, the sentence will stand in full for whatever crime you might commit. personally i would love it if i never have to sit in judgment of you again, by all means bring complaints before me as a victim but the idea of harming my son by taking his mate from him makes me feel quite ill." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>