Tyr was getting very frustrated. Janet was acting like Trance whenever she was asked about her family. She kept answering questions with questions or just flat-out refusing to answer. He then remembered something Thor had said on the bridge. "When you were arguing with Thor on the bridge he said Coyote Pride took you in. What did he mean by that?"
Janet froze and thought for a minute as if considering how to answer this question or even answer it at all. "Coyote Pride wasn't the pride I was born into." was the simple answer.
Tyr knew he had hit a nerve. He was about to ask her what pride she was born into when Janet turned to him and said "I have to go now. I promised Trance I'd help her....uh...sort out some medical files." and promptly walked out leaving Tyr staring after her wondering why she wouldn't talk about her life before Coyote Pride.
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Janet walked down the corridor scolding herself. Why had she said that? Why couldn't she just lie? She knew the answer. She was too honest for her own good. It was the way she had been brought up. Her father had always been an honest man. It was what had killed him. 'Stop thinking like that Janet', she thought to her self. 'He wasn't even your real father anyway.' She hated that fact for two very different reasons. One was that she loved her father so much she really wished he was her biological father but she wasn't a child anymore. She couldn't pretend any longer, it didn't matter anyway he was dead now. The second reason was because she had been raised by him she disagreed with many Nietzschean beliefs. She thought that marrying someone because of who their ancestors were was insane. She hated the idea of survival of the fittest and great many other things. She had all these beliefs because she was raised by a human. Growing up she had always known she was different from everyone else. It wasn't until her father had started schooling her that she realized how different she was. She also realized that everyone in the small village she grew up in hated or feared her and so she had learned to distrust everyone.
While she had been thinking all this she had been wandering around the Andromeda and found that she had no idea were she was. She heard footsteps and looked around the corner hoping it wasn't Tyr coming after her. She was relieved when she saw a young man with blonde hair wearing a Hawaiian shirt. As he rounded the corner he collided with Janet knocking himself off his feet.
Harper looked up and saw the Nietzschean visitor towering over him. He expected to hear "Watch were your going!" or something along those lines and was very surprised when he heard "Oh I'm sorry. Are you all right?" and her offering her hand to help him up. He accepted the apology but not the offered hand. He was Seamus Zelazny Harper he could get up himself. "I'm fine no harm done" he said.
"Good. May I ask where you're going in such a hurry?"
"I'm going to Hangar 3 to continue repairing your ship. You really messed it up." 'Smart move Harper. You're gonna get hit for that', he thought but Janet just laughed and said "I'm sorry. I was so busy trying to stay alive I didn't think about how hard it would be for you to fix it."
"Hey Seamus Zelazny Harper can fix anything. It's just so many wires and connectors have been burnt out I'm having trouble finding replacements for them. By the way I found a bag near the helm. I guessed it was yours so I gave it to Trance to give to you."
"OK. Well I guess I'll go collect my belongings then. Do you know where Trance is?"
"Rommie. Where's Trance?" Harper asked the AI.
"Trance is on Med. Deck in Sick Bay 4."
"There you go." Harper said to Janet.
"Thanks" said Janet with a smile that made Harper think she was very attractive......for a Nietzschean.
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Dylan stood outside the door to Hangar 4 beside a computer panel. "Andromeda what are they doing?"
"They're trying to force the door open."
"Put me on the communications screen in there."
"Done."
"I strongly advise you to get back on the shuttle and leave my ship." Dylan said.
"Where's the traitor?" was the reply.
"Janet has been granted asylum on this ship. You can't take her without a fight. A fight which you will definitely lose."
"We'll see about that." Thor said before he smashed the screen.
"Dylan I'm reading a breach in the ventilation system."
"Damn them."
Two Nietzscheans dropped out of the shaft nearby. "Andromeda activate internal defense systems." Dylan ordered.
A bolt of electricity shot out of the wall knocking one of the Nietzscheans out. The other one punched Dylan in the stomach. Dylan slammed him against the wall and threw a couple of punches. They continued fighting in the hall. Andromeda didn't dare shoot out another bolt in case she hit Dylan.
