"Darkness." She sighed. "Always with the darkness."
"It's how I best operate, Doll face." Riddick's deep bass voice came forth from the darkened study. He had taken off his goggles and could now see the colors radiating off of both girls. Jack radiated mostly cool colors, like purple and blue. While Mercuri radiated greens, oranges, and red. He could tell that her face had flushed when he called her doll face.
"That's not my name, Riddick." Mercuri said, her real pain echoing slightly in her voice. "It's Mercuri." She sighed and said, "Lights?"
"Yes?" A mechanical voice answered.
"Riddick's tolerance setting, please." She replied. The lights turned up to a tolerable setting for both Riddick and the girls.
"You're house talks to you Mercuri? And how does it know what Riddick's tolerance level is?" Jack asked, slightly amazed. She sat down on a plush sofa, next to Riddick.
"It's all just a program. I programmed a setting in for Riddick, after seeing how much light he could take before." She responded.
"Well what is it then? What was so important that you had to make us risk our freedom?" Riddick asked, putting his arm around Jack, who, on reflex, snuggled up next to him. His eyes could take more light than Mercuri had on the setting, but he wouldn't tell her.
She clenched her teeth in an effort not to get angry about Jack and Riddick being all over each other. "I need you to return someone to their home."