"We've already seen what they're capable of-- the entire system has seen it."
Thirty million on Miranda; thirty thousand Reavers; thirty worlds that had watched in horror of their own.
"I was a fool to think --"
That I was the only one at risk now, he doesn't say. That the Council wouldn't use everyone and everything that they could reach in order to keep control. Gabriel bites off his words instead and takes a deep breath.
"Now we know. Council or not, they're not going to be able to keep this secret. We'll find them. Once we do, there's going to be a way to get them back, Regan. There's going to be."
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:39 am (UTC)"We've already seen what they're capable of-- the entire system has seen it."
Thirty million on Miranda; thirty thousand Reavers; thirty worlds that had watched in horror of their own.
"I was a fool to think --"
That I was the only one at risk now, he doesn't say. That the Council wouldn't use everyone and everything that they could reach in order to keep control. Gabriel bites off his words instead and takes a deep breath.
"Now we know. Council or not, they're not going to be able to keep this secret. We'll find them. Once we do, there's going to be a way to get them back, Regan. There's going to be."