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You found Balogh stepping out of Altug's room one evening, and he looked rather calm until he noticed you walking towards him. He gave you a quick nod and said, "What is it, Dorn Wilton?" You looked at him curiously before taking a quick look into the Captain's room. Everything looked perfectly normal inside the room, and you looked at Balogh again for a moment before you asked him what he was doing in Altug's room. "I was talking to her," he said snappishly. "Anything wrong with that?"

You shook your head, and he said, "Right, then. Did you want to see me for something, or is this just a social call?" You nodded and told him that you wanted to talk to him about…

Balogh shook his head at your question and said, "What exactly do you want me to say? That it was terrible, that it was unexpected? Dorn Wilton, I've been through a lot thus far, and betrayal is one of those things that I've gotten a taste of too many times than I'd like to think about." You asked him if he thinks that what Morgan did was really a betrayal, and he was quiet after that.

Then he looked at you and said, "No. It's not betrayal, in the sense that Lee probably has no say in what she's doing right now. Hell…I just want to put a bullet in her brainpan so that she won't have to do this for the Fiends anymore." You were silent after that, and Balogh noticed this. "Hard for you, huh? Don't worry about it, and let me take care of things when the time comes, all right?" he said and patted your shoulder reassuringly.

You nodded, and then you asked him about…