[i] And just like that, the feeling was gone. Both pain and emptiness alike, lifted from her like they'd never been there. When she looked down, she noticed the Ka'kari was off of her skin and in Desmond's palm, as archaic and enigmatic as ever.[/i] [quote]She dealt with that rather well. You'd make a good Ka'karifer, Chloe.[/quote] "No. She wouldn't." [i] Desmond growled and sucked the Orn back into his flesh, melding it with his being. He didn't wish these consequences on anyone. [/i]