Entry (9/10) Shadow can still feel the eyes of the captain on her. "I didn't mean to free him," her ghost butts into her thoughts wryly. "I know. But I would have meant to." A spark of hope flares in the guardian's chest. "An eliksni has never looked at me like that before..." Besides Variks. "I just can't believe he's still ahead of us. He's much cleverer than most of the captain's we've met. Well, I say "met," but ...you know what I mean." Shadow dissolves into deep thought until she rounds a corner to the reactor. There, she finds the captain, again. His swords clash with a hive knight's— they look about equally matched — and Shadow watches anxiously. "Remind me, do we like the hive or the fallen better?" Shadow hardly spares an incredulous glance at her ghost. "Hey! Leave him alone!" she calls out, running towards them, carefully timing her shots to hit only the knight. She doesn't want to accidentally wound the eliksni. Shadow knows this won't get her anywhere, just like all the other times she had defended fallen. They always shot at her anyways. Surely this time he would. But her sympathy for these people is too strong for her to ignore, and she would continue to defend them against evil like the hive, whether they appreciated it or not. She knew Variks would. The knight, indecisive, looks between the captain and the guardian. Shadow doesn't give him time to think about who to attack first. She shoves her blade into the knight's chest. With the hive dead, Shadow fully expects the captain to turn on her. She looks at him, prepared to defend herself— she needs that reactor for Zavala— but the captain simply stares back. She lowers her gun as he takes slow, cautious steps towards her, muttering in his own gutteral language.      Shadow wishes she could speak it— now would have been the perfect time for communication. She looks up at him, golden eyes locking with his. Her stomach churns with nerves, her heart flutters.      The captain creates some foreign gesture with his blades as Shadow watches, fascinated. He speaks directly to her. "You're... welcome?" She swallows, faintly embarrassed that she can't understand. Instead, she bows lightly, keeping her eyes on him. With a blink of acknowledgment, the captain teleports away. Shadow is left standing there in a daze. "I think that captain just gave us the reactor..." Fondness envelopes the hunter, her chest swelling with emotion. "You think you understand the fallen, and then... well, let's take it. Sloane, you'll never guess what happened." Sloane's voice comes through Shadow's earpiece. "You... killed a Captain and found a methane reactor?" "We didn't kill him. He let us have it. Just looked at us and left." Shadow looks at her ghost anxiously. Should they be telling her about this? It would only fuel more fights with other guardians if they found out. Traveler knew she didn't need anymore of those.      Zavala's voice follows. "Fascinating! This is an excellent example that the universe is... a complicated place." Shadow rolls her eyes and sighs inwardly. [i]No[/i], she thinks. [i]You just think it's fascinating because you don't see them as any more than bugs who mindlessly kill.[/i] "...That perhaps there are more things in the heavens than can be dreamt of in our philosophy. At any rate, bring in your prize, Guardian." "...That perhaps there are more things in the heavens than can be dreamt of in our philosophy. At any rate, bring in your prize, Guardian."