CHAPTER
16: INTROSPECTION
WARNING:: CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
Summary:
Autumn starts keeping a diary and recording her thoughts and
observations. The Athosians are allowed to leave Atlantis but Weir
won't let Autumn go with them. The Lanteans finally capture a live
Wraith and Autumn hopes he might be able to help her locate her
Commander. But she is not allowed to talk to him.
Autumn
had been busy mending one of the Commander's coats all day and let
out a relieved sigh now that her task was complete. She didn't mind
these sewing tasks he gave her because it gave her a chance to be
alone with her thoughts, where he couldn't hear them. When her
concentration was focused on something specific, it acted like a
mental block against his random intrusions into her mind. He taught
her how to prevent "thought trespassing" (as he sometimes called it) just in case another Wraith –
or a human with psychic abilities – tried to extract information
from her about the Commander or the hive they lived on. The irony
that this meant she could also prevent HIM from poking around in her
head was not lost on her and she chuckled to herself. His coats,
however, were her least favorite article of clothing to mend. The
material used to construct them was thick like leather so it took
some effort to get the sewing needle into the fabric. And there was
A LOT of it. The coats were long, with lots of intricate detailing,
so it took a lot longer to fix the coats compared to the other
articles of clothing she worked on. But now she was finally finished
and ready to return it to its owner.
