In a hallway leading to an airlock, out of the crowd's hearing, Carolyn was being dragged along like a child and it was starting to piss her off. Finally, she yanked her arm free and the other woman whirled around to face her, demanding in an angry hiss, "Are you completely stupid?"

"Excuse me? That was my brother they were-"

"I know!" She snapped, "But you may have just made an enemy out of everyone in that room."

The woman went to grab Carolyn's arm again.

"I don't need to be dragged around like a child." Carolyn told her angrily as she pulled her arm out of reach.

The other woman gave her an irritated glare and said, "There are a lot shadows in this hallway that people can pull you into and ghost your ass. I'm not dragging you along like a child; I'm making certain no one kills you."

With that she grabbed Carolyn's arm again and they started walking, this time with the blond walking next to... Actually she had no idea what the woman's name was, or what her relation was to Graham. She asked.

"Kyra A. Badd – I didn't pick the name. Apparently my mother thought it was funny."

"What's the 'A' stand for?"

"Alexy."

"Kyra Alexy Badd..." Carolyn mused, trying out the name, then she had a thought and asked, "Are you related to Jack B. Badd?"

Kyra stopped and whirled around to face Carolyn, her regard intense as she stared the blond in the eyes.

"My twin sister." Kyra said far to calmly, "Where did you see her?"

Carolyn only hesitated a moment before explain to her the very bare basics of what had happened after the Hunter Gratzner had crashed. Kyra stopped her as soon as the subject of Riddick came up. It seemed that Jack had been chasing him.

"Why would Jack have been chasing Riddick?"

"Because he's our biological father."

Well... That was unexpected. They started walking again. After processing the idea of Riddick being a father Carolyn finally asked why she would have made enemies by defending her brother. Kyra explained about the Betas.

Carolyn and Kyra stepped out of the airlock to find Conway Cait standing there, waiting with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. Behind him Ma'iek paced restlessly.

"What were you thinking, leaving the Hound behind?" He asked in a deadly, quiet voice that set off alarms in both women's heads.

Kyra agreed with him, but Conway's simmering temper made the younger woman want to defend Carolyn before he lost it. She opened her mouth to do so, but Ma'iek growled at her. Kyra closed her mouth. A growling Hound was not something to ignore.

"What?" Conway demanded, his attention still squarely fixed on Carolyn, "Nothing to stay for yourself?"

Carolyn's temper suddenly reared up.

"I may have been only thirteen the last time that you saw me," Carolyn bit out, "But I am not a child anymore. Don't treat me like one."

"Why not? You left Ma'iek at your quarters and went out without anyone."

"I don't need an escort-"

"Yes, you do. You're new here. People will want to test you, to establish their dominance over you. Since your brother failed to inform you allow me to explain basic Furian psychology to you: We live in a pack structure. We fight. The Furian race was adapted to a world that wanted to kill us – the weak die. They are given no quarter, no mercy. You survive, or you don't and everyone must contribute. Right now you are a burden and that makes you a liability. Furians don't like liabilities. As far as they're concerned the only useful thing that you could do is contribute to the number of children. You could have gotten raped. There are no Alphas here to keep everyone in line. This colony is barely controlled anarchy. You got off lucky. If Kyra hadn't been there one of the men in there could have claimed you and no one would have stopped him. They would have considered it your own damn fault. Graham or I would have killed them as soon as we knew, but it would never undo what was done. Do. Not. Ever. Go. Anywhere. Without... Ma'iek."