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[oldmanhusker]

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William Adama

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voice;

[hairlocked]

[ It's your favorite person! ]

Hello Admiral. I hope you're not busy--can we talk?

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

What do you want?

[Does he sound suspicious? Because he's suspicious.]

voice;

[hairlocked]

You're Laura's protector. I have the feeling she'd rather I spoke to you than disturbed her.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

[He'd prefer the term fiance actually]

And what do you want with Laura.

[He doesn't like you wanting things from Laura]

voice;

[hairlocked]

Not with her. She's made it clear she has no interest in being around me, and I'd prefer to make that easier on her, but it's also important that she doesn't die here. Our future depends on it.

I want to help. I'd like you to let me.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

And what sort of help do you intend to provide?

[It's not a note of suspicion. It's an entire symphony. He's not going to trust any Cylon easily, but particularly not one with a strange obsession with Kara.]

voice;

[hairlocked]

It's true, isn't it, that you used Cylon-Human DNA to reverse the progress of her cancer before?

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

What of it?

[He fails to see how this is relevant. There's no hybrid child here.]

voice;

[hairlocked]

The doctors on board this ship are on a whole other level to those you deigned to call medical professionals in the fleet.

Has the possibility really not occurred to you, now that there are Cylons on board?

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

She's been working with them.

[The specifics of which he is not about to share]

We have Cylons. Not Cylon-human hybrids.

voice;

[hairlocked]

Of course she has.

[ A long, thoughtful pause. ]

It's your human morality that's holding you back, isn't it? Morally, picture this: she dies here, you return to your home without the President, and nobody remains who can lead the people to Earth.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

Morally, the point is moot because we don't have a hybrid child.

[And if you think he's going to go for what you're implying....]

voice;

[hairlocked]

Now, now, admiral. I know you have more imagination than that.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

That is not an option.

voice;

[hairlocked]

Are you in such a hurry to watch the woman you love die?

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

We're talking about peoples lives, not something that can be grown in a laboratory.

voice;

[hairlocked]

That's such a human thing to say.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

I'm human.

[And oh boy does he not approve of this idea]

voice;

[hairlocked]

Life grows. Does it matter where?

Human parents can choose to have a child for the purpose of healing another, to create a donor.

voice;

[oldmanhusker]

There's a question of where it's fair to the child.

voice;

[hairlocked]

We're back to manmade morality. It costs lives to save lives--you should know that better than most.

Ultimately the choice isn't yours, or the child's. It is nature's choice.

un: srogers

[starspangled]

I'm looking for Bill Adama. Is this the right person?

[oldmanhusker]

It is. I assume you got the information from Senator Organa?

[starspangled]

I did. He told me that you were in charge of the watch. I wanted to volunteer my services.

[oldmanhusker]

We always need more people. Do you have any combat experience?

[starspangled]

Plenty. I was in the Army and fought in a world war, and that was before the alien invasion. I can give specifics, if needed.