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By the time they make it back to Candlewood, Gideon has got the ghost of a black eye starting to show on pale skin. Her nose has stopped bleeding, but blood is still smeared across his face and at least three of her knuckles are split and swollen. She's breathing hard, her hand still in Octavia's from when she'd grabbed her and tugged her into a run, her knee protesting every step of the way.

She doesn't stop until they're inside, slamming and locking the door behind her and then leaning against it, trying to catch her breath.

"Fucking hell," she says, and she finds she's laughing when she says it.