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SUSPICION - INDEPENDENCE

And they say the future's out to get you –
You know that I won't let you fall…

~ The Hoosiers, 'Worried About Ray'

Thrust. Parry.

Feet place automatically, focused on the duel.

Thrust.

She fights alone. Always alone, now.

Parry.

She watched her people leave, marked apart in her foreign uniform. And they can't help her anymore.

Parry.

Eyes closed, she battles the Wraith. Its mouth sneering, feeding hand outstretched.

Thrust.

Parry.

An explosion still rings in her ears, and her hair coronas around her head as she spins.

Strike. Hard.

Her opponent tumbles.

Hold.

"Impressive," Sheppard grins from the floor, panting.

She smiles, pulls him up, remembering the Wraith fought earlier. Herself defeated. And then saved.

Helped.

She's independent now. Not alone.