They were his Tallests.
"Laran adan Tevetsu deruitsabek taru."
He would never let them go.
Never. Ever.
"Deruitsabek, deruitsabek taru. Zira m'etsuyas. Zira lierokev'tsu Laran adan Tevetsu."
'He had lost it' was the conclusion they reached. He would reach at them with grabby hands ("Gane! Ga-ne! ! !") and smile, oh-so-sweetly.
He had been their Academy-mate, their fellow Elite.
He had been clingy then. ("Laran! Tevetsu! Li'a! Li'a Sira! Sira b'oke Sira taru!") Never leaving their side, never letting them be alone, ("Wel'yas Laran adan Tevetsu arutsalketsu Sira? Sira n'oke b'oke? Wel'yas?") never shutting up!
Incessant, annoying, persistent, short; he was so short!
"Li'a! Li'a Laran adan Tevetsu taru! Laran adan Tevetsu m'etsuyas. Laran adan Tevetsu deruitsabek. Zira Laran adan Tevetsu deruitsabek! B'oke! B'oke! ! !"
They thought he was harmless; annoying, sure, but harmless nonetheless. He was weird, stupid, and short, but he wasn't a threat; not on purpose anyway.
"B'oke! B'oke Laran adan Tevetsu taru! Terek! Taru, pfeh."
They thought it was funny. ("Taru! Sira r'etsuprethoke'ntsalk! Tsakre'etsu gosa takataka, taru!") They thought it was innocent. ("Ta-ru! ! ! Li'a Sira! Taru Sira!") They were very wrong.
He had stolen them. ("Deruitsabek m'etsuyas. Zira taru.") He had held them here. ("N'oke tsakre'etsu taru, Sira taru.") He was hurting them. ("Shh...Sira lierokev'tsu Laran adan Tevetsu...Sira um'etsuked s'etsulokev't...deruitsabek um'etsuked s'etsulokev't...")
They wanted to die.
"Taru, m'etsuyas taru."
They wanted to disappear.
"Deruitsabek, prethrelsetsu deruitsabek."
'Please let us die...'
"Taru, Zira taru."
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Translation Notes (in order from top to bottom):
"Red and Purple, Almighty Tallests."
"Precious, Almighty Tallests. You are Zim's. I love Red and Purple."
"Gimme! Gim-me! ! !"
"Red! Purple! Look! Look at Zim! I am bowing to my Tallests!"
"Why do Red and Purple hate Zim? Did I not bow? Why?!"
"Look! Look Tallests Red and Purple! My Red and Purple. Precious Red and Purple. My precious Red and Purple. Bow down. Bow down! ! !"
"Bow down! Bow down before your Tallest, Red and Purple."
"Tallest! Zim reporting. All goes well, Tallests."
"Tall-est! ! ! Look at Zim! Zim's Tallest!"
"My precious. My Tallest."
"No one else's Tallests, Zim's Tallests."
"Shh...Zim loves Red and Purple...Zim's love slave...precious love slave..."
"Tallests, marked Tallests."
"Precious, praise the precious."
"Tallests, my Tallests."
