<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158161.msg7362820#msg7362820">Quote from: vin26m on 11-12-2012, 04:19:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>"As for who's going to lead it..."</strong><br/><br/>I raised my eyebrows at her, a silent suggestion that she could take the position.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Insha'Allah," Yamina immediately replied.  "God willing," she translated, making it neither clear nor unclear whether that meant she sought the position or would take it if offered.  "Yet just as I counseled you before the attack, so I must heed my own words and remain collected in the face of the challenge.  Emotions are very high right now, even for the most detached of us, and more strife will not help."  Yamina paused and rested both hands on Hiro's chest, right over his heart.<br/><br/>"Hiro," she began, "will you lie with me tonight, after duty is taken care of?"  Her tone suggested that what had transpired before the field of battle was something entirely different from what she proposed for later.<br/><br/>