Third Floor Common Room, Sunday Morning

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Dawn was wearing the same jeans and sweater she'd been wearing yesterday, not wanting to head back to her room and too tall to borrow Molly's. She was also freezing, which had led to her mixing up a very large pot of oatmeal. The fixings were in the cupboard if anyone wanted them, but she wasn't setting them out.

Instead, she was sitting with her bowl of healthy goodness (once you ignored the raisins and brown sugar she'd added to her own) and a very, very large mug of hot cocoa with mini marshmallows. She read through a large pile of books and scrolls she'd brought with her and that Giles had sent since May (not all of which were in English), trying to find anything that explained what was going on.

She made occasional notes on a pad as she worked.

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Are you a Peacekeeper?" Crichton asked. He didn't expect a yes but he decided to try nonetheless.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Alec snorted derisively. "What the hell is a Peacekeeper?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"If you do not know, then you are not one of them," Crichton snarled. "When my Command Carrier arrives, you will be taken into Peackeeper custody."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Nobody takes me into custody," snapped Alec, summoning his crossbow briefly to his hands and dispelling it again. Granted, it was only lethal to a Whitelighter but nobody had to know that.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Peacekeepers will do whatever I order them to do," Crichton sneered.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"And that's supposed to . . . what? Impress me?" Alec asked.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"If you are not impressed, then you are obviously an inferior species."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Do you even know what inferior means?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Your attempts at intimidation are laughable at best."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Your delusions of grandeur are pathetic," Alec countered.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"You are crossing a line you do not want to cross, boy," Crichton snarled.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Alec snapped, "Nobody tells me what lines I shouldn't cross, I don't care what kind of snappy uniform he has on."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"This uniform means nothing more than I am to be respected by those underneath me," Crichton snapped back. "It doesn't mean I won't kill you where you stand."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I'd like to see you try," Alec snorted.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Would you like to die on this miserable rock?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't planning on it."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I don't figure your plans into my thoughts of eliminating you," Crichton said heatedly.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Wiping people out is so crude and short-sighted," Alec said disdainfully. "Now, increasing your numbers . . . that's a more intelligent plan."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"The Peacekeepers don't taint themselves with inferior species," he replied.