"You agreed to leave Centauria. And nobody's going to hurt you while I'm here." He turned around and opened the box of Helaina's medical stuff for their bruised fingers. Were they trying to dig out?
Calliope's face turned to hate. "You lied... I told you things and you... you lied!" She started shaking. "Just kill me... I can't live here... I see their faces and I know them... just send me to my daddy. I will never trust you."
Hellaina glared at him in anger. "Lolli.... your piece is said... stay quiet..." She did not shift her gaze from him. "We had an agreement... you broke all my trust with you... I hope you are happy when your life remains empty. My heart is shut to you. Nor will my eyes smile upon you again." With that she looked away and shut down.
-.^ He walked towards the panel and started shutting down a few controls.
Calliope clung to Hellaina. "Mama?" She cried. "Mama?" She kissed her cheek. "I am sorry mama."
Hellaina just lay there refusing to speak another word.
"Mama...." She sniffed. "Please don't shut me out too."
Hellaina was trying to stop the quivering that the drugs were causing as they wore off. "Baby... please don't ever talk like that again. You know that once you die we will never see each other again." She spoke very quietly and broken.
"I know... we have a different afterlife." She sobbed.