[i]"I'm sorry that happened... Truly" [/i]

"Yeah..." was all she could respond, starting to full on cry from the memories of it flooding back to her.

[b]Kross, being Kross, embraced her into a hug awkwardly[/b]

She pretty much squeezed Kross with her hug, as her sobbing slowly stopped.

[i]"It's okay.... They can't hurt you anymore." [/i]

She simply shook her head, continuing to sob until she eventually calmed down. While all this happened, of course, Cryark was in the shadows, giving some sort of saddened look. He personally didn't want her memories of this instance to be more brutal than what he saw just now. He had talked about his own personal experience with Watcher...whom he'd heard had died. His own memories surfaced as well, almost blowing his cover. ------------------------------------------ [i](Anubis Station, over Virmire, Hoc System, Sentry Omega) (Around June, 2015) The turian seemed almost frightened on what's to come. He was returning to fighting Cerberus, albeit with the Turian military fully involved in helping them. Someone seemed to nudge him on the shoulder, and when turning, he saw an Alliance soldier looking at him. He put a hand on the turian's back, calming him down. "Hey, calm down Cryark! We're gonna get your friend out of there!" The soldier replied, seemingly trying to get him to calm down. "I'm alright..." he says, controlling his breathing, "Thanks." "It's alright man! We're gonna get your friend out of here, and then we'll have us some grub! I know this fancy restaurant down in Eden Prime, serves dextro-amino and human food." The private Alliance officer had happily replied, as the familiar thud of the Kodiak they were in was heard. "Alright people! You know the drill! DEUS VULT!" A random captain said, joining the fray of Alliance and turian forces engaging Cerberus troops along the hangar. "Let's do this!" Yelled Cryark and the private, as they too joined the attack. The two were seemingly laughing, enjoying taking down Cerberus. The two often looked to each other, smiling as they were reloading their guns. Cryark happened to look at the private, who seemed to be smiling while his shooting his M-8 Avenger. This was before, of course, a sniper shot pierced straight through his shields and went straight through the Alliance soldier's brain.[/i] ----------------------------------------- Due to this, Cryark nearly screamed in pain from that one part of the worst day of his life... but held it in for Valeria. [spoiler]Did I go too deep? Dark?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Backstory is important. Kross has a dark Backstory shrouded in abuse, loss and murder. So I do think this is even that bad For example, Kross' parents abused him He had to kill two of his good friends Kross lost his mind for nearly a decade. So you tell me if that's dark [/spoiler] [b]Kross slowly let go as he took a step back and kept a hand on her shoulder [/b] [i]"Are you alright?" [/i]

She sniffled for a couple more minutes, before replying with "Yeah...yeah, I'm alright." She replied. Already receiving a message from Merrick nearly 10 minutes or so before coming here, he walked into the room, pretending that he wasn't eavesdropping on the conversation. "Was I...interrupting something?" He asks, walking into the room like he didn't have a personal reminder of that day. [spoiler]Yep...all of ours are dark.[/spoiler]

[i]"No. Not at all. Just a discussion really." [/i]

"Oh...um, alright. Primarch Victus and Admiral Hackett are planning on meeting us on Arcturus Station a few days from now. Mass relay jumps and all that. We might Samantha Traynor with them as well, by chance." The turian explains. "It'll take us around an hour or two to get there. Hackett recommends that we bring more of these warriors to come, although he won't push it if it's just us."

[i]"I'll contact Sensei Royal. He's certain to know someone." [/i]

"Alright. I'll...just get out of the room." He responds, slowly walking backwards out of the room, leaving Valeria and Kross in the room again. "Anything else you want to know?" She asks.

[i]"Her name. If possible that is."[/i]

"Well...I knew her as Hope Lillum. Might've changed her name by now..." she responded, mostly just staring at the floor.

[i]"Thank you. This will help us very much." [/i]

"Um...alright, then. I guess we better get ready to leave?" Valeria asked, smiling a little bit toward Kross.

[i]"Indeed. We must be prepared for what is to come." [/i]