Giving my All... slipping away.... *last desperate reach along the bonds*

*pain... then numb*

I drift between tension and a sense of floating. I have focused all my energy into Meela's survival. I know they are finishing the last touches on the incubation unit.

Deomo... please hear me... I... cannot hold out. I have tried. Max has tried. Meela will be safe. Please... be strong for her. I wish you were here. If you can feel me at all, please, come to me.

Max... I am so tired.....

~~~M e e l a.......

*slips into deep darkness*