Mitu de gaoyang
For ar_drabbles challenge 80: Someone to Watch Over Me. Set during the NC arc.
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As secretary of education she lived in half-shadows. No one cared about the woman who was 43rd in line of succession.
As president someone was always watching her: the press, the Quorum, idle civilians curious about their prophet, atheists judging the woman upon whom all their hopes rested.
Defeated, she expected anonymity, but still felt eyes upon her. Her neighbors, wondering how she took to everyday privitations after her privileged life aboard Colonial One. Baltar's lackeys, watching to see if she were fomenting rebellion. The children, waiting to see if they would be assigned homework.
And above, Galactica circled endlessly.
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As secretary of education she lived in half-shadows. No one cared about the woman who was 43rd in line of succession.
As president someone was always watching her: the press, the Quorum, idle civilians curious about their prophet, atheists judging the woman upon whom all their hopes rested.
Defeated, she expected anonymity, but still felt eyes upon her. Her neighbors, wondering how she took to everyday privitations after her privileged life aboard Colonial One. Baltar's lackeys, watching to see if she were fomenting rebellion. The children, waiting to see if they would be assigned homework.
And above, Galactica circled endlessly.