Kaida was lead by the hand to a small cabin. A human sized cabin, too compact for an astartes. Perhaps, this is the kind of cabin, Kaida would have had if she was not at Reptile's side.
"Is this your cabin?" asked Kaida. It was a bare, very little in the way of personalization, perhaps in the short time Xilthara had been with the Mourning Maiden, she didn't have the time to add her own style to the room, perhaps she just hadn't spent long enough in here.
"Yeah," said Xilthara, "Given to me because of what I did for the Silver Griffons." She leaped onto her bed, it looked a lot bouncier than the Astartes beds, Kaida had been on while on the ship.
Kaida spotted some old leather books on the shelves. "You read?" asked Kaida
"I write," replied Xilthara, "they are relics from my time as a 'documentarist'. I guess nothing is going to get published now, feel free to read anything."
"Maybe," said Kaida, "but I'm not the best at reading Gothic."
"So are you going to join me on the bed?" She said while rolling onto her back.
"What did you do for the Silver Griffons?" asked Kaida while sitting on the corner of the bed.
"I turned them!" said Xilthara in excitement. "I was responsible for turning the last of squad Pantaleon against the imperium."
"How did you do that?"
"I just sowed the seed of doubt, Pantaleon himself did the rest," explained Xilthara. "I don't want to talk about myself though, you are much more interesting. I've never heard of a Tau going rogue."
"There's nothing to say." said Kaida, shying away from talking about herself.
Xilthara shifted herself around to sitting behind Kaida, "I want to know all there is to know about you," Xilthara whispered in her ear, she then ran her hands all over Kaida's body, exploring all the different aspects of her figure. "I want to get to know all of you."
Kaida stood up, "I'm not ready for this," she said, "this is all still new to me, let's just go slowly."
Xilthara was left a little surprised, clearly not expecting the rejection. "You've been here longer than me." she argued.
"I just don't feel comfortable doing this," said Kaida, "it's…"
Xilthara had an eyebrow raised in confusion, then she guessed, "is it Reptile?" she laughed, "are you trying to be loyal to him?"
Kaida said nothing.
"Oh Kaida, you're so innocent," Xilthara moved to beside Kaida and placed her arm around her shoulders. "He's not going to have any interest in loyalty, he's not going to care, he's a noise marine for Slaanesh sake!"
Kaida didn't want to hear it. Kaida didn't want to be with anyone else, she just wanted to be with Reptile. The one who freed her senses, her mind and her soul to the ways of Slaanesh, the one who kept her safe.
"Maybe I can give you something to help you loosen up." Xilthara reached into her pocket and pulled out a small metal container. Flicking open the top of it she shook out two small tablets. "Take a pill and become brand new," said Xilthara with a smile, "You'll feel like a whole new person."
The thought of using a narcotic was not appealing to Kaida, she wanted to stay in full control, she didn't know what that pill would do and she didn't trust Xilthara enough to try something she was giving. "I don't know" said Kaida slowly distancing herself from Xilthara.
"If you don't want to do anything, that's fine" said Xilthara, who put one pill back in the container and swallowed the other one. "let me show you something else instead." Xilthara, reached under the bed to pull out a long object wrapped in cloth. About a meter long, with a handle at one end. "Check this out," said Xilthara as she pulled the cloth off of the object. It was a sword, Kaida Recognised it from earlier, Esskrimar was wielding it in the battle with the Dark Eldar.
The sword was incredible, it looked so impossibly sharp and beautiful in a way she hadn't seen before. It was created to deal pain and cruelty with a level of grace and precision that would seem impossible to a human. Kaida could not only see, but could also feel a strange energy emanating from the curves and waves in the design, appearing like a mist surrounding it and falling to the floor. This sword was much more than just a sharp edge, it was a masterpiece.
"I've never seen anything like it," mumbled Kaida as she ran her hand near the blade, feeling the strange energy surrounding it..
"Yeah, I just found it in the mess hall," said Xilthara. "Can you believe someone would just leave it lying around like that"
Knowing the marine that had left it there, she could easily believe it. "Do you want to go into battle with that?" asked Kaida.
"I don't know, I've never been in a battle before," said Xilthara.
Kaida had seen battle and she knew that a normal human with nothing but a sword was nothing when compared to the threats in the galaxy. Xilthara would be better off staying safe..
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"What was that?" asked Xilthara
"It was a ship wide alert," explained Kaida, "What would a 'xenos outbreak' be?"
"Xenos means alien," smiled Xilthara, "Maybe it's you, maybe you are the outbreak."
"Yeah, I don't think so," said Kaida, "I think I should get back to my cabin, Reptile might be wondering where I am."
"Let me walk you back," said Xilthara, "it is nice to talk with a woman who isn't a slave."
Kaida accepted, she too was grateful to have some company that wasn't a giant space marine. She was very different, but having a friend that could perhaps be considered equal was something she did not want to lose.
"Gechorus, wait!" called a voice from behind him. It was Ermine. "I hope I'm not disturbing you from anything important?"
Gechorus turned to face him, "I don't know where I'm going, brother," admitted Gechorus, "how can I help?"
"It's about the Eldar we picked up earlier, I need assistance with bringing one of them from it's cell?"
"Why would you want to do that?" asked Gechorus.
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"It sounds like your eldar might be coming to us." commented Gechorus.