[Heather knows Chase well enough not to try to get a response through the communicator. She runs instead, as fast as she can, for the room the girl's in.
Was in.
There's no sign of where she's gone or what she had planned. Just her communicator and the book - that damn book, which right now just looks like a great big symbol of everything that kept Chase from having the chance to just be a little girl.
She sort of wants to set it on fire, or throw it out an airlock.
Instead she picks it up carefully, determined to keep it safe until Chase gets back.]
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Was in.
There's no sign of where she's gone or what she had planned. Just her communicator and the book - that damn book, which right now just looks like a great big symbol of everything that kept Chase from having the chance to just be a little girl.
She sort of wants to set it on fire, or throw it out an airlock.
Instead she picks it up carefully, determined to keep it safe until Chase gets back.]