TM 188: Write two letters.

[dirty_cally]

OOC: Cally's first letter is not based in canon. The second letter contains spoilers for the season three episode Dirty Hands.

The first letter is short and to the point.

Hotdog:

I'm sorry I accidentally knocked you over during the evacuation drill last week. I didn't see you and we've been a little on the slow side lately, so I wasn't as careful

Comments

[cpo_galen_tyrol]

I would've taken Nicky and left, if that had happened. But it wouldn't have, because the moment he started threatening your life, all the fight left me.

I think I finally understand Helo a little better now.

[admiral_adama]

Some time later, a folded sheet with Cally's name on it is delivered by a Marine.

Dear Cally,

I don't expect you to feel anything other than hurt for what I did. Nor do I expect you to understand how badly it hurt me to have to do it.

But let me make one thing very clear.

You are not "easily replaceable", not as a tech specialist, a crew member, a mother or a human being. I do not and never will see any member of my crew as a statistic. You are not expendable.

But neither are the tens of thousands of lives that were put at risk that day.

Sincerely,

Admiral William Adama

[dirty_cally]

The following evening, she's once again in front of the admiral's quarters. This time she looks the guard in the eye and hands him the note, with a photograph tucked in.

Sir,

I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you. I know it's been hard for you, but I keep forgetting that I can't even begin to manage just how hard it is for you and the President. I meant it when I said that I forgave you, but the note I sent you was an act of unnecessary cruelty and for that I owe you an apology. I forgot for a little while that you are a man who cares deeply for every member of his crew. I forgot that I looked at you just a week before the workers' strike and entrusted my son to you. You're still the man who's been taking care of all of us, no matter what the cost