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Kane listened to the officer's report of the offences the pair had committed. He was relieved when he heard that Nora's offence was minor, breaking and entering hardly called for capital punishment. However he was shocked as the alien listed Izzy's crimes. He hoped that Nora wouldn't insist on bringing her tall friend. It would make it all but impossible to get the pair off the station. However this quandary was removed when Izzy, supporting his assumption about her mental stability, proceeded to attack one of the guards. The action was as unexpected by the man as it was by the guardians. Kane was quick and managed to dodge aside as a stray shot hissed past him. The heat draw a sweat to one side of his face as it dissipated against the inter splash plating. In a darting run the erratic woman was past him, quickly followed by her friend. Nora was surprised when Nora griped him and dragged him along. He shot off with her, he figured it was the only way to ensure that she wouldn't drop off the scope and destroy his best laid plans. He kept pace with her, although the run winded him slightly.

Finally in the relative safety of the couple's quarters he lent back against the frame of the door. Breathing the station's recycled air to refill his blood with oxygen. He listened in to Nora's rebuke, judging that she probably wouldn't leave her troublesome friend. He realised that now it wouldn't matter particularly, since they were all wanted. Unless the woman decided to shoot up the interior of the Artemis. He shivered, it didn't bear thinking about. He waited quietly for Nora to vent her frustrations against the cushion before she questioned him. He knew he had to cut the story short and was pretty sure that getting them along would be easy enough once they heard he had a ship.

He pushed himself away from the wall and began to speak his abridged version.
"I traced your genealogy from your grandparents, who I discovered had worked on the Armageddon project." He was unsure if the woman recognised the name, although most humans did. "Armageddon obviously had something to do with why Earth was destroyed. I've always wondered why. I have recently come to believe that Legion attacked us because they were afraid of this Armageddon. I believe that it is something so powerful it could restore human kind's place in the galaxy." He watched Nora carefully, trying to gauge her reaction. His voice was filled with enthusiasm, although it certainly didn't reach the level of energy that the ladies portrayed. "If you know anything that your grandparents mentioned about Armageddon. You would be doing humankind a great service." He paused, letting her take it in before he played his trump. "I also have my own ship to get you out of this place now that you're fugitives."