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oh wait, the anyway was supposed to be here... oh well

Oh, Ill try to add in some of Danak's history, but I'm not sure If Ill be able to add enough

Chapter 6

"We weren't frozen on the ships like you," said Knives, "We were on the command ship"

"You... but how, your only children, weren't there adults too?" asked Danak

"Yes, of course, we only helped" replied Knives

"What happened to the others?" asked Danak, "It dosent seem like they escaped with you"

"They all died" Vash said, looking more at Knives than Danak

"How?"

"The ship burned up in the atmosphere" Knives added

"But why didn't the others get into the escape pods?" Danak asked again, growing a bit suspicious

Knives grew a little edgy, and just before he was about to speak, Vash spoke up, "The guidance computer malfunctioned, and the rest of the crew decided to stay to correct it, and save the rest of the ships."

"Oh"

Vash looked down at his feet, a sad look on his face, remembering the last moments on that ship.

Vash, take care of Knives came the voice of Rem in Vash's head, and a weak smile crossed his face, as Rem's face crossed his mind.

"You ok?" asked Danak, "Im sorry, I didn't know, must be hard for you."

"Yea, I'm fine" Vash replied, then he looked up, and smiled again.

"I don't think Ill ever understand Vash's feelings." said Knives

"Sometimes people think, and feel, things differently" said Danak, "Just a part of life"

"People..." Knives said

"Yea, people, you know, people, like you and me" Danak said

"Right" said Knives

"Surely you have seen this, those people on your ship couldn't have all acted alike"

"Well, there were some people on our ship that were meaner than others" Knives replied, thinking of Brad.

"There were also people who were nice" Vash added quickly

"Look, lets just get back to my camp and get some lunch," said Danak.

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"Wow, this is a GREAT lunch" Knives said, sarcastically

"I think its good" said Vash, munching happily on a piece of meat

"Well, Knives... you might like it more, if you ate the meat instead of the fat" Danak replied

"Hmm?" said Knives, "Fat? I thought cooking the meat got rid of all the fat"

"..."

"Come on, didn't you EVER live on earth?" Danak asked, "Grilling gets a lot of the fat off, but not all of it..."

"Oh..." Knives replied

"You didn't live on earth at all did you?"

"What makes you think that?" asked Vash

"Your not like normal people... and you don't seem to know anything about earth, yet, you appear to be well over 10 years old"

"Actually, we didn't live on earth" Knives said, curious about Danak's reply

"I didn't think so... so, the question is... how are you so old?" asked Danak

"We're not human..." Knives replied, "We're plants"

Danak was surprised by this comment, "Your... your plants?"

"Yes, you seem surprised" Knives said.

"I thought they locked all of you up in those gigantic glass orbs" Danak said.

"Not us, we're free" Knives said, a tough of pride on his voice.

"Interesting, Im surprised, most people are afraid of plants, though they put their lives in their hands every day"

"Well, they weren't going to let us live free" Vash said.

"Really? Why did they change their minds?"

"Rem wouldn't let them" Vash replied

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