<b><span style="color: seagreen">  "Damn it! This isn't the best down to break down!"... "Your God isn't around, so you need to save yourself. Crap, just...hold on to me. Help me here, please." . "You've done great already. Saved my life, really. Don't break down now and let that go to waste. I and everyone else here need you."</span> <br/>
Ayla glanced at the others as she tried to help Sydney out of the shuttle onto the forest floor without hurting herself further. Ayla scoffed quietly, pondering if this is why clones were such effective soldiers. They weren't "human" after all.<br/>
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   She glanced at Sydney again, looking at the medic's face. Ayla smirked, making a silly face and poking Sydney's gut with the back of her pistol.  <span style="color: seagreen"> "Hey...remember. You made a promise back on the ship remember? To fuck the first guy you saw? You don't want to leave some fresh rookielooking for a nookie hanging by dying, right?"</span></b><br/><br/><br/>Sydney started and looked at this insane person google eyed, then giggled.<br/><br/><span style="color: navy">  "I did say that, and by no means did I state a male specificly.  Or even one frankly.  Sorry, I feel a lot out of my league here and now."</span>She stood and supported the wounded Ayla instead of her being supported.<span style="color: navy"> "Let me, at least look like I am doing my job." </span><br/><br/>She felt a twinge in her side and looked at Ayla closely with her almond shaped eyes narrowed with care and concern.<span style="color: navy">"Would you like a little more pain killer?  I tested high for empathic ability, just limited to pain though.  Just enough to take the edge off?"</span><br/><br/>She helped Ayla through the shuttle doorway and pointedly looked away from the Marine and bug corpse.<span style="color: navy">"As for God...  I am not anything really, but say prayers for those who cannot anymore.  My beliefsa were what got me into the service originally.  An arguement with a very traditional father.  His ideal is woman stays at home or does "woman's appropriate work" and bear babies and be a good Catholic.  I wanted to help others and do 'my bit' for humanity as well.  As for the whole Catholic thing...  I am more a believer in Shinto and Bhuddism.  I know now the vidnews is censored, and for good reason.  But I will not let you or the guys down.  Thank you Ayla."</span>She really wanted to hug the pilot to reassure her, but held back and just helped her through the verdant jungle.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>