Ami's first reaction to Scott's confession was surprise. She hadn't expected to him to come so close to admitting to the sphere's existence to Daniel. Through their link she felt a combination of anxiety, fear and hints of anger as well, all underscored with Scott's paranoia and his grip on her hand grew almost painful. She sent back as much comfort and calm as she could, focusing her attention on Scott and not on Daniel's answer. Ami didn't know how comforting she was being, particularly considering that the idea of someone there – watching them, learning about them – without them even knowing was more than a bit unsettling.
Ami pushed the thought aside and focused on Scott completely. She said and thought, putting as much comfort and calm into the words as she could, "But we know about them now. No matter what they want or what their motivations are, we know about them, right? And that means that we can be ready for them now, we can defend ourselves."
She looked pointedly at Daniel for confirmation and watched his eyes widen as though he was suddenly seeing her for the first time.
(What, does he think that I'm a meek little mouse that hides behind my boyfriend?)
"We sent them running last night," Daniel agreed. "I don't think they were expecting us to put up that much of fight, which is a good thing. And you're right, we can fortify and prepare for them, although it's doubtful that they'll come that way at us again.
"To be honest, this puts things in a new light, and it's not a good one. I haven't had the opportunity to question the prisoners yet, but I think that it's time that happened. Hopefully, they'll give us some information that we need, or explain their motivations."
"But you don't think they will?" Ami asked quietly.
"Let's just say that I've dealt with the type of mindset these people seem to project in the past and I'm not particularly hopeful," Daniel said. He looked at Scott, then back to Ami and she felt his surprise and confusion give way to simple acceptance. She spared an idle moment to wonder what was going on in Daniel's head and then decided that she didn't care. "There's a lot going on and a lot to be figured out. Let me talk to our prisoners and see what I can find out."
"If there was a mole in the camp, they're probably long gone," Ami said.
"You're probably right, but I'd rather remain optimistic."
"Hiding in plain sight?"
Daniel blinked at her and Ami could see him reassessing her and reclassifying her in his head. "Quite possibly." Raking his hand through his hair, Daniel fixed both of them with a steady gaze, "It was a rough night, for everyone. Thank you for telling me that Scott, and for the information about Ethan, but I'm going to give you two a piece of advice that I've been giving a lot of people. Take a few moments and just rest a bit, let yourselves recover.
"I promise I'll keep you abreast of anything that I find out," Daniel said. "But right now, take some downtime, you two."
Ami squeezed Scott's hand, continuing to send empathic waves of comfort and relaxation. "We plan on it."
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[Ami] Need to know (tag Scott, Daniel, open)
Date: 2006-03-22 04:18 am (UTC)Ami pushed the thought aside and focused on Scott completely. She said and thought, putting as much comfort and calm into the words as she could, "But we know about them now. No matter what they want or what their motivations are, we know about them, right? And that means that we can be ready for them now, we can defend ourselves."
She looked pointedly at Daniel for confirmation and watched his eyes widen as though he was suddenly seeing her for the first time.
(What, does he think that I'm a meek little mouse that hides behind my boyfriend?)
"We sent them running last night," Daniel agreed. "I don't think they were expecting us to put up that much of fight, which is a good thing. And you're right, we can fortify and prepare for them, although it's doubtful that they'll come that way at us again.
"To be honest, this puts things in a new light, and it's not a good one. I haven't had the opportunity to question the prisoners yet, but I think that it's time that happened. Hopefully, they'll give us some information that we need, or explain their motivations."
"But you don't think they will?" Ami asked quietly.
"Let's just say that I've dealt with the type of mindset these people seem to project in the past and I'm not particularly hopeful," Daniel said. He looked at Scott, then back to Ami and she felt his surprise and confusion give way to simple acceptance. She spared an idle moment to wonder what was going on in Daniel's head and then decided that she didn't care. "There's a lot going on and a lot to be figured out. Let me talk to our prisoners and see what I can find out."
"If there was a mole in the camp, they're probably long gone," Ami said.
"You're probably right, but I'd rather remain optimistic."
"Hiding in plain sight?"
Daniel blinked at her and Ami could see him reassessing her and reclassifying her in his head. "Quite possibly." Raking his hand through his hair, Daniel fixed both of them with a steady gaze, "It was a rough night, for everyone. Thank you for telling me that Scott, and for the information about Ethan, but I'm going to give you two a piece of advice that I've been giving a lot of people. Take a few moments and just rest a bit, let yourselves recover.
"I promise I'll keep you abreast of anything that I find out," Daniel said. "But right now, take some downtime, you two."
Ami squeezed Scott's hand, continuing to send empathic waves of comfort and relaxation. "We plan on it."