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19: DECISION
LAR'JA-THWEI was seething with rage. How did he get himself into this mess? Working with kainde amedha and an abomination was beneath him! It was despicable!
He growled and threw the Queen's tail blade away in disgust, wondering where the pauk-de Oomans had put his weapons and armor. To think that he had actually fought beside a kainde amedha Queen and a Yautja-kainde amedha-Ooman creature. It was...
...amazing, really. Lar'ja-thwei stopped when he realized that he was, in fact, just as awed by this fact as he was disgusted. No, he was more awed by it than anything else. How many other Yautja had ever fought by a kainde amedha Queen? Every hunter respected the sheer power of a Queen. They were among the most honorable trophies to obtain. But he had fought beside one. He had been allied with one of the most dangerous life-forms known to Yautja.
Then, there was the abomination. He slowly came to think that she really wasn't an abomination. What was her name? Ember? Yes, that sounded right. She wasn't a mere disasterous mix of different races. She was a unique and obviously strong being. She was...special.
Lar'ja-thwei shook his head and growled but he couldn't shake these new revelations. He respected Ember and the Queen. The more the black-striped Yautja thought about it, the more he thought he could actually use his new alliance to his advantage. He continued his search for his supplies, an idea forming in his mind...
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Lar'ja-thwei finally managed to find his meager supplies and was returning to the entrance to the Ooman building when he came upon an interesting scene. Ember stood before a Ooman male, a warrior, who had been previously unconscious on the floor. Lar'ja-thwei didn't understand exactly what he was saying, but it was clear that he was begging for his life.
Ember seemed to hesitate, which confused Lar'ja-thwei. Why didn't she kill him? He had noticed that she didn't seem to like killing at all, and only did so if it was necessary. It was strange. Lar'ja-thwei was about to go put the Ooman out of his misery when Ember smacked the flat of her tail blade against his head, knocking him out. She then started to drag him away, as, apparently, she'd done to the others.
He started to wonder why she was doing that, then realized she was bringing them to the Queen to use as breeding hosts. He snorted.
When Ember came back and saw him, she put her head to one side, confused.
"I thought you were leaving," she stated in Yautja.
Lar'ja-thwei was silent for a long moment, still debating whether or not he should go along with his idea. It was insane, and he would be honestly surprised if the kainde amedha Queen would agree to it.
Finally, he decided to do it. After all, what did he have to lose?
"Can you take me to the Queen and translate what I have to say to her?" he asked.
Ember looked utterly confused. "You...want to talk to the Queen? Why?"
Lar'ja-thwei explained his idea to her. Her expression went from disbelief to understanding to agreement. She seemed to not like one part of it but she was interested. Lar'ja-thwei hoped the Queen would be, too.
"I'll take you to her," said Ember. "I hope she likes your plan." She frowned. "Still..." She shook her head and started walking. For the first time, she seemed completely at ease with herself and her surroundings.
Lar'ja-thwei pondered her strangely childlike nature, and wondered just how old she really was. She was taller than Lar'ja-thwei himself, which made him think she'd be an adult in years as well as body. Then he realized that the Oomans could have done something to her to make her this way, a pup in an adult's body. He was about to ask her, then decided it could wait. Now was not the time.
Ember stopped in front of an open room, then turned to Lar'ja-thwei. "Are you ready?"
Lar'ja-thwei fought back a growl of annoyance. "Yes," he said.
Ember nodded and motioned for Lar'ja-thwei to follow. "Let's go."
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