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In the silence that followed Liam's panicked shouting, a pin could have been heard dropping.
"Oh my poor child," Hi'el said, suddenly breaking the silence, "You have nothing to worry about, we have come here to take you under our care not to harm you. You are still very young and you were separated from your parents far too soon. You have much to learn about yourself and your heritage and that is why we are here as well. But most of all we are here to love you."
Seeing the accompanying nods of all the Kimera in the room, Liam started to relax. He started to feel the waves of love being sent his way from all the Kimera, not only those in the room but across the ship. He gasped, there were so many of them!
Hi'el chuckled, "Yes indeed, young one, there are many of us, all here for you."
Liam smiled back shyly; the concept of being cherished was completely foreign to him. People had been kind to him in the past but only fleetingly, no one giving him the time and attention he needed at his young age. He was already letting many of his barriers down, as he felt more comfortable in the presence of the Kimera. A sudden thought struck him, so many beings came for him, one solitary person, they must have travelled for such a long distance all for his sake. Self-doubts assailed him, why would they do it for someone so undeserving and worthless?
Catching Liam's inner despair, Hi'el stopped him, "Liam we did not think we were coming here to get a worthless person, we cam to get you. No child is ever worthless. This was no sacrifice, everyone here on this ship wanted to come get you. In fact they are all very excited to meet you, the first Kimera born in centuries. Come and look," he beckoned.
Liam slowly followed Hi'el to a side of the room. Hi'el passed his hand over the wall while Liam looked on in puzzlement, jumping in surprise when the wall began to slide away revealing a small balcony. Hi'el went forward indicating he should do the same. Liam looked around eagerly, fascination and curiosity overwhelming any fear or doubts that he may have had. The scene before him kept him silent in awe and rapture. Gathered below him were thousands of Kimera, all of multi-hued incandescent glows. It was like something out of a painting, so beautiful were they. He closed his eyes and just tried to assimilate it all and then he felt it. Love so strong and all encompassing surrounded him filling every pore of his being, washing away all of his doubts and filling him with warmth. He smiled in pure contentment.
Hi'el looked at him and smiled gently as did all the other Kimera in the room. They had been very worried that they would be too late to save the child but it seemed there was hope after all. They had first felt the young one when he was feeling utter despair. It was so strong it had transmitted itself to the Kimera over the very long distance. They had mobilized themselves immediately to come retrieve him. The entire plan had been made within two days and they had left on the third day, arriving four days after their departure. Now that they had their child with them they were content. However already they had another worry niggling at the back of their minds and that was the Talon presence on Earth. For now however Hi'el decided to let the matter rest for a day or two. His duty was, as was the duty of all the Kimera, to let Liam know he was loved and pay attention only to him and his needs. They had so much lost time to make up for. He also wanted to get the healers onboard to give him a complete check up so that they could know more about his physiology, he was able to sense them and he knew he had sensed the ship's welcome but had not responded. Maybe that was the extent of his abilities though it was highly unlikely, the Kimera in him was strong and fairly dominant. Filing that away in a mental checklist, Hi'el came out of his daze and a sound from beside him. Liam was crying!
"Child! What's wrong? Has someone upset you?" Hi'el asked in worry.
"No its not that, it's just no one has ever, ever loved me like this. I don't deserve this. It's too much love for someone like me," Liam replied.
Hi'el gathered Liam into his arms and started rubbing his hand in circles around Liam's back and whispering comforting words in his ears, who then started sobbing in earnest completely overwhelmed and giving into to his instincts, which as a child told him that here was someone he could trust and who genuinely cared. Finally, exhausted, he fell asleep still in Hi'el's arms.
