Jace didn't speak as he made his way through the hallway, putting as much distance between the Brotherhood soldier as he could before he changed his mind and put a bullet through her head. He knew that it would have caused even more unnecessary trouble for the later on down the road. 
	"We had it...in the palm of our hands!" he finally said when he was for certain the soldier couldn't hear. He whipped around to Basil and glared down at him. "Do you know the only thing that held me back from killing that pampered bitch? [i]You.[/i] If you hadn't been with me, then I would have saved everyone back home." He ran his hand through his hair and started pacing around. "No, I had to worry about you being mad at me and I let you get inside my head like you always do."

	"I'm the one with the gun, ghoul," the raider snapped. He winced when raising his voice shot lightning through his shoulder blade. A little more softly, he continued. "I don't want to have to kill you, but I will if that's what it takes. Give me food and water." In all honestly, he had killed before and it never seized to haunt his thoughts every night. [i]'It wasn't my fault...I had to do it...just like now...'[/i]