[Pointless as it was, Claire covered her ears at the screaming while Jason tried to shut David up and away. She was ready to kill him if only to silence his whines and pleas.

She approached Jason with caution, afraid she had overstepped and pissed him off. It was as she drew nearer that she heard his cursing, though barely, given how though screams trumped real life whispers.

Claire knelt at his feet and tried to place a hand on his knee, looking a cross between guilty and furious.]

The CES. I can take him there while you try to sleep. I'm...I'm sorry, Jason, I didn't-

[But she shut up.]