When was Ashley's first mission? Her first real experience when faced with danger? The first time she watched someone die right before her eyes? And the first time she thought she was going to die?
Ashley might not remember all of it, and she might have buried those memories just to forget.
But what she could clearly remember was this: if she didn't pull herself out of a situation, no one else would. That she — her entire existence — would simply be reduced to a number; a casualty, deemed a part of a failed mission, just like everyone else.
No matter how much she bled, how badly she was hurt, or how successful her mission was… all she would get was a dismissive nod from her father.
So, even knowing she had asked her abductors to hand a tracker over to Dominion, old habits die hard.
