'A Mirror, Darkly', 1/2 - Chad, Saturday

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For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

~*~

Nathan and Alison hook up with Domino in the marketplace in N'Djamena. She has more intel for them, including some rather unexpected news about foreign involvement in the training camp.

( Chances rule men and not men chances. - Herodotus )

Shiro gets the news that there's been a small change in plans, and instructions to let the mansion know - and stay with the Blackbird.

( People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. - Proust )

At the hotel, Alison and Lorna engage in a little preliminary information-gathering. Sometimes the best way to blend in is to stand out. They are, however, spotted.

( Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many. - Phaedrus )

Haroun and Nathan, sizing up the situation outside, are a little startled when someone familiar walks up to their table and joins them. Things get violent rather quickly at that point.

( It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. - Ovid )

Nathan learns a lesson in control and focus. It would probably be less galling if it wasn't delivered with his own powers.

( If I can not influence the gods, I shall move all hell. - Virgil )

Lorna and Alison make it outside just in time to see Nathan go down, and try to get their teammate to safety.

( Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. - Cervantes )

Meanwhile, Haroun and Domino try to get the civilians out of the line of fire.

( His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be. - Aeschylus )

Alison calls in the cavalry, and Cain's secret turns out to be what's needed to tip the scales.

( And, weaponless himself; Made arms ridiculous. - Milton )

Scott and Jean, Saturday afternoon

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While Alison's team is in Chad, Jean lures Scott away from monitoring the coms for some lunch, complete with introspection and teasing.

( The halls are dead silent. I think it's magic. )

'A Mirror, Darkly', 2/2 - Chad, Saturday

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Nathan wakes up on the Blackbird on the way north to the camp to find out that everyone's all right. It turns out he learned more in that moment by the pool than he realized.

( He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. - Seneca )

During the flight, a restless Domino officially meets Lorna for the first time. Lorna is keeping busy in the constructive sort of way.

( Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Rousseau )

Shortly afterwards, Cain and Domino get a chance to catch up, and Domino finds out a little more about why Cain is there, and vice versa.

( Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve. - Thoreau )

Shiro is prickly and yet somewhat introspective. Dom is tired enough to be both bitchy and perverse, but also teaches him some basic Arabic so that he can help with the kids more effectively.

( In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. - Whitehead )

Just before landing, Domino sits down with Nathan for a moment. They butt heads, but finally agree that staying on the plane isn't an option for either of them. Even if it might be the intelligent thing to do.

( Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. - Robbins )

The man in charge at the training camp steps out his front door for a smoke. His night goes a little awry.

( In the huge mass of evil as it rolls and swells, there is ever some good working toward deliverance and triumph. - Carlyle )

After dropping off the rescued children with the Professor's contact in Niger, the team prepares to head home. They wind up taking along an unwilling passenger.

( The strongest have their moments of fatigue. - Nietzsche )

Over the Atlantic and heading home, Nathan and Haroun have an idle conversation in the cockpit about wider implications and the Professor's dream in a global context.

( If hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a hero? - Carlyle )

Half a world away, Saul Morrow receives a phone call.

( And out of darkness came the hands; That reach thro' nature, moulding men. - Tennyson )