Melody moved the spike away from her throat and then walked slowly towards her daughter, kneeling down and giving her a hug.  Requiem begun to cry, holding herself to Melody as the two sat there on the floor for almost half an hour without saying a single word, Melody just giving her a gentle hushing sound and stroking her hand through Requiem's sticky, wet hair as she tried to comfort the girl.<br/><br/>----------<br/><br/>Liandra smiled.  "Do you think that she would mind me staying with the pair of you when you find her?"  She requested.  "I'll try not to be any trouble."<br/><br/>---------<br/><br/>The master pointed to the sky.<br/>"Can you see them?  If I destroyed them now before they fire...do you think everything would be at peace, no....if I do that, the Federation would create a weapon so powerful that they could destroy Ishtar from a distance...those are the rules of causality."