"You know I can't tell you those things." Sofi pushed herself into a sit and rested her hands on the top of her stomach.
"I know." He pulled a rocking chair from the corner to her bed and sat. "But everyone else knew."
"You're not here this early to bitch at me about that," she said with some of the moodiness he'd come to expect from her since learning of her pregnancy.
"I want to kill Watchers," he said. "Give me a reason not to, and I won't."
"They freak me out."
"Is that a yes, go ahead?"
She hesitated. "You don't need my permission."
"I need what insight an Oracle can give me about something that might just cause the end of the world," he pointed out.
"I hate the Watchers right now. I want them all dead. But I think your focus should be on the Others." Her eyes swirled, and he felt her cool power surround him.
"Just give me any indication I'm not going to ruin everything," he added.
"As long as you do your duty, you won't," she replied after a pause. "If Watchers and Others are allowed to do their will here, they'll destroy both worlds. Darian, you can't let that happen."
"I just need to discourage them both from coming," he said. "Even if I can't close the gateways between worlds."
"You can't close the gateway. You will have some very difficult choices soon," she said. "I don't see your job getting any easier, Darian."
"Sofi, tell me about Jenn."
"Darian, I can't-"
"Sofi, please. I know you've done so much for me already, but I need to know. I can't go through what I did before. I can't lose her like I did Claire," Darian said quietly. "Could you live through losing Damian?"
"You're not playing fair!" she snapped.
"I don't play fair. That's Damian's job."
Sofi was silent. He felt her grappling with his question and willed her to help him.
"You both have choices to make," she said carefully. "How you handle this is important, Darian."
"What the fuck does that mean? How I handle what?"
"I mean, you need her. She doesn't know she needs you. If she pursues the course she's on, well, it's not good, from what I can See."