#7

Lily stood her ground as Samantha approached her, gun in hand. Although this woman was dangerous and brutal, she was also the best chance that Lily had of ever seeing Calliope again. Besides. Samantha was only what she had to be. The raiders had forced her hand. What did it matter that they were dead when their being alive would have meant a lifetime of suffering for both of them?

"I'm fine." she said, her voice shaking a bit as she held her hand out for the gun. "You did what you had to. Even if there was another way, leaving them alive would only mean pain for others."