"In a heartbeat," Lunise said. This time it was her who avoided eye contact. "Even after the things I have witnessed. Even after losing people I care about...They did it for their duties. I am working as hard as I can to ensure guarantee [i]our[/i] future comes to pass as well. But our duty is to this mission."

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Janius laughed. "Right, it is. We do pretty well when all is said and done, don't we?" He nuzzled Kaleeth's neck affectionately. "I suppose after this we won't have to compare our fighting skills so seriously anymore." He sighed. "I hope we're good enough at all the other things as well."