The last thing Sarah had expected was for Warren to turn violent. By the time she was shoved away and fell to the floor, she was sobbing. She got shakily to her feet and clutched her throat. Clearly, she had misjudged him badly if we was willing to treat her like this, drunk or not. She was so tired of being frightened all the time, and finally her feelings just transmuted into rage.<br/><br/>“That’s some fucking gamble, Sir,” she practically snarled at him. “The PD bitch would focus on us, but how do you know you’re not making things worse for Key? If she doesn’t trust you and she’s fucking evil enough, she might refuse PES fast track for him. Then he sits in the ship’s brig for months until he can finally be brought planet-side for regular PES. Then instead of one torturer, he gets any number of assholes coming and going in eight hour shift for months on end. And then at the end of that he’s as broken as I am.”<br/><br/>She gave a bitter laugh. “’Cause I’m broken. I’m too afraid of them to stand up for what I believe in anymore. I just want to keep practicing medicine because it’s the only thing I have left and this shit is the only way to do it.<br/><br/>“But whatever, we’ll do it your way you miserable fuck. Advancement?” She spit on the ground. “I’m so excited to move up for SS stormtrooper to SS officer! I’m so excited to serve under a man who knows that how PD is treating Key is wrong, but he plays within the rules because he’s just as much of a moral coward as I am!” Even in her anger she knew that was not close to fair, but all she wanted was to find something that might stick and hurt him back. Warren was one of the few people she had felt safe around, and now she was afraid of him too.<br/><br/>“I won’t tell them I did anything for the Emperor ’cause they’ll never believe it. But I will tell them all I care about is saving lives, because that’s good enough and because it’s true.” She paused to wipe away some tears. “Oh, you’re completely right that you could bend me over this desk and rape me right now, and the PD bitch would probably cheer you on if she walked in on it. But if you even try to touch me sexually, I’ll kill you or die trying. Do we understand each other?”