Oh, that was what he was asking. Her momentary relief gave way to anger.
"I still follow her."
Gaius laughed, pulling himself away from her. Go on, it meant. Go back and tell her what you've been doing, for how long. Tory pulled the blanket closer to herself and didn't move back into his embrace.
"Why?" He asked again. Why do they keep turning to her? was his real question.
She decided to be honest. "I saw her being sworn in."
"You were there."
"No, not then. The first time. On the day of the attacks."
"You were onboard?"
"The reporters were, one recorded a vid." Tory stopped, suddenly feeling angry for exposing something of herself. "I wasn't frakking her, if that was what you were expecting."
Gaius cringed, and she wondered if Gaeta ever regretted what he did.
She decided to dig into Baltar's guilt. "She never did anything to break my heart, so I never felt like turning away." Until now, until.. Pushing aside the blanket she stood and began to look for her clothes. "Not after seeing her like that."
When she didn't continue he broke into the silence "And how was our esteemed leader? Calm, cool, ready to take on our burdens?"
The spite, almost jealousy, in his voice prompted her to turn towards him.
"No."
He was surprised.
"She was terrified. What I knew if her when I saw that... Dying woman at the end of the world. She was scared, but she still moved forward." She turned away from him to put on her blouse. "She led, despite her fear, an example to everyone." After pulling on her pants she started for the door. "And that's where you failed."
Tory froze.
"Why did you follow her for so long?"
Oh, that was what he was asking. Her momentary relief gave way to anger.
"I still follow her."
Gaius laughed, pulling himself away from her. Go on, it meant. Go back and tell her what you've been doing, for how long. Tory pulled the blanket closer to herself and didn't move back into his embrace.
"Why?" He asked again. Why do they keep turning to her? was his real question.
She decided to be honest. "I saw her being sworn in."
"You were there."
"No, not then. The first time. On the day of the attacks."
"You were onboard?"
"The reporters were, one recorded a vid." Tory stopped, suddenly feeling angry for exposing something of herself. "I wasn't frakking her, if that was what you were expecting."
Gaius cringed, and she wondered if Gaeta ever regretted what he did.
She decided to dig into Baltar's guilt. "She never did anything to break my heart, so I never felt like turning away." Until now, until.. Pushing aside the blanket she stood and began to look for her clothes. "Not after seeing her like that."
When she didn't continue he broke into the silence "And how was our esteemed leader? Calm, cool, ready to take on our burdens?"
The spite, almost jealousy, in his voice prompted her to turn towards him.
"No."
He was surprised.
"She was terrified. What I knew if her when I saw that... Dying woman at the end of the world. She was scared, but she still moved forward." She turned away from him to put on her blouse. "She led, despite her fear, an example to everyone." After pulling on her pants she started for the door. "And that's where you failed."
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