Tish slowly approached Tino and Carver both of whom were sorting out useful materials from the cartfuls of rubble being sent up to the surface from the Bahia Bay mine. Both boys were shackled together as well as chained to a cement hook. Both boys noticed Tish's approach but said nothing.
"Hi…. Hi guys." Tish said cautiously.
"Don't… Don't even start." Tino said, not even looking up from the cart of rubble.
"But…" Tish tried to but in.
"You heard the man, we don't have anything to say to you calibrator!" Carver said, staring his former friend deep in the eye.
"Carver, I think you mean collaborator." Tish replied softly.
"Well, at least you know what you are." Tino said with a slight grin.
"Guys, please don't be mad at me. I only did this for my friends and family! It's because of me that you two are sorting through rubble rather then working deep in the mine." Tish tried to explain.
"Oh, thank you Tish for selling us out so that we could be slaves working in a less dangerous assignment… that's soooo much better then fighting for our freedom!" Tino chastised her. He wanted to scream it at her but in the distance he knew the Alien guard was watching them much more intensely from the moment Tish approached them.
"Fight for our freedom? Guys, they have spaceships that can travel faster then light, weapons that can turn buildings into dust in seconds, machines that can repair their bodies better then new no matter what the damage. What could fighting them possibly achieve?" Tish chastised them.
"Being a collaborator isn't cool Tish, not cool at all." Carver said passionately.
"Yeah, it would have been better to go down fighting." Tino added.
"Please guys…"
"Why don't you go back to your master?" Tino suggested, putting extra sting on the word master.
"Where is Lor?" Tish asked after a moment of silence.
"You didn't send for her?" Tino asked, clearly surprised.
Tish didn't even respond to Tino's question, instead rushing out of the ore processing facility.