Five smiled, but it was the way a cat knowingly smiles when it swallowed a goldfish.

"Of course, Love."

She would, though, Six would probably know it. She didn't lie. She was a lady of her word.

She couldn't help it, then.

He mentioned it and her mind went there. She imagined him sick and groaning in bed and she was there taking care of him and if she had to, she'd put him under if she needed to. For all her toughness, she couldn't stand to see the few people she cared about suffering.

She sniffed again and her lip quivered harder.