<strong>Mariner's Gate Space Station ~ 4 months ago</strong><br/><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">(Thalia, Santiago and Samson cross paths)</span></em><div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.com/a/img844/7043/lb3w.jpg)</div><br/><br/>"When I'd just seen my date die before my eyes was not an opportune time to call on my good graces," she said, getting a bit irritated that this was being turned around on her. "I happened to like the man, somewhat. He was a gentleman.. til I refused his offer to whisk me off to Ariel. I don't know what kind of disagreement you had that warranted a duel in the first place, but I don't think he was thinking straight.<br/><br/>That wasn't a small scratch you gave him. He was young. He had a future, and chance to turn around his immature nature and do some real good with the resources and help he had going for him. That's more than most people've got. Instead, he ended up dead on the lawn."<br/><br/>If she had any real concern or fear, she would've left. Instead, Thalia sank down into a chair at the table, and glanced at Santiago. "It doesn't seem like it takes much to have it coming." Thalia heard what Santiago was saying though. That one life taken was balanced out somewhat by a life saved. Someone she knew and happened to care about.<br/><br/>"I'm a doctor. Not just a medic. The Alliance did away with the oath in 2508, during the war. I didn't promise anything but it's not my way to do harm. It was better I walked away that night."<br/>