Effingham rubbed her face, and sighed. "Ari..... Remember that human aphorism I once mentioned to you? About giving orders that you know we won't follow?" she asked her. "You're not just my Flagship, you're my friend, and I'll be<em>damned</em>if I let you go off into the hands of a potentially unfriendly fate without someone to watch your back." she said firmly and crossed her arms, her gaze steady and even.<br/><hr/>After the kind offer from<em>Arashi</em>, Zara had calmed down supremely quickly, and gave the little one a smile of thanks as she washed all the paint off her body. Shortly after this, she was one more clean and looking her best, and also wearing the same outfit she'd been wearing when they'd met so long ago at that island; high heels and an open dress shirt over a bikini. And found herself moving from the bath to the fire, as she was in time to hear Effie say those words to Ari.