^It's unfair. I get cynical, philosophical, and just plain morose when I'm fatigued and he gets- _beautiful_.^ We stood there unmoving for what seemed like an eternity gazes locked. Until the panicked part of me jumping up and down in the back of my mind shouting that 'even Virgil was going to figure it out if I kept looking at him like I wanted to eat him' was able to wrest back control of my body. I swallowed the lump in my throat cursing Alva and his damn machine silently.

Regardless of the others, Heero and I had each other, and thank god for that. Our friendship was pretty much the only positive thing we had going for us right now. And without our partnership, working for Preventers would be - difficult. There wasn't really anyone there that I would trust at my back. If I could count on their ability to do the job, I couldn't count on their loyalty, and vice versa.