Reunion with kneel_majorzod

[have_no_mercy]

For any other reason, Tess wouldn't do this. She's tired, fat, cranky and moody and the last thing she wants right now is company and a potentially stressful conversation, but she needs to know what happened. And that means she needs to talk to Zod in person. Right now.

That doesn't mean she has to be happy about it, even if she is somewhat relieved that he isn't dead after all. Not that she ever really thought he was and wasn't worried at all about him. No.

She suspects he'll remember their usual conduct for these types of meetings and waits for him to arrive in the mansions's study, resting on her chaise, an arm over her forehead.

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[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

Zod does remember. And he shows up at the proper meeting place fairly quickly, entering her study wordlessly and closing the doors behind him.

He likely looks about the same as he did last she saw him. At least, he should. All signs of physical injuries healed almost immediately after he was rescued. Yet something about him has changed. Being kept more or less in a constant state of pain, both physically and emotionally, for weeks isn't something one can come back from so quickly, injuries aside, and something about him reflects as much.

He doesn't speak to announce his presence as he enters, which really isn't anything new, and instead comes to a silent stop in front of her desk to study her with a rather unreadable expression.

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"I don't think your back up would have made much difference," he tells her, a bit more delicately. "It wasn't an issue of trust. As I said, I didn't want to involve anyone else. And why would I stop trusting you now?"

He watches her a moment and then sighs as well, though leaning forward in his seat rather than back. "But I'm not without information now. There's more to the story. More you need to know. Darkseid isn't alone."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

That suggestion receives a glare from him, but after a moment, he nods, albeit darkly. "If you think it necessary. Though if he didn't talk before, I can't imagine why he'd decide to fill you in now."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

And the Major remains genuinely frustrated.

"I suppose it really doesn't matter," he says in a defeated voice. "He'd still find you and get what he wanted, regardless. He still wins."