Quartz couldn't really say what it was he liked so much about Camlann's acquiescence. Certainly the end result of it was nice -- Camlann was going away and not becoming horribly murdered by Schörl. And probably it was just the concussion.

But maybe it was just that Camlann had respected his wishes even without agreeing with them. Even if it was just a single, stupid moment, he'd gotten to say no and have someone actually accept no as an answer, and that was -- it was pretty nice.

Quartz watched him go through slightly blurry vision -- then drew the communicator crystal toward his mouth and began to send out his call for a pickup.

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fin~