Truth

A sunless sky of hellish brume. They sat side by side and watched the ugly clouds dissipate as the airship piloted itself toward Yukon.
"Do you think they will come after us?" said Anise.
"Maybe," said Vasquez.
"What happens if they catch us?"
"I won't let them take you."
"Is there a God?"
"No."
Zero comforting lies. Everything she told the girl was absolute truth. The military may try to retake the ship and if they did she had a solution. Her feigned threats to kill the girl to secure their escape were not completely false. Vasquez would rather see her dead than return her to a life of sexual depravity. She would not allow them to have Anise again. If God somehow existed he wasn't worth acknowledging.