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“Sleep?” Finn growled the word, it rolled from deep within his throat.
“No sleep,” Bethany replied. She growl-grunted both words in his language, feeling a little silly. Each word the Zargonnii spoke had to be picked apart and analyzed for the pitch and harshness. At first it was nothing more than baby talk to her, gradually she came to understand it was so much more complex.
Finn took her hand and eased her off the high table she was sitting on. He propelled her towards the window. Bethany was amazed; they were already soaring across the heavens. There were so many stars she wondered how the ship avoided them. Tearing her gaze from the window, Bethany circled the room. The furniture was huge; everything was large to accommodate the Zargonnii.
Taking her hand Finn led her to a panel. Buttons lit up at a command. Finn growled into the computer. Bethany jumped back when words were spoken back to her.
“You are safe.”
Openmouthed Bethany looked up at Finn. “How did you do that?” Grunts and growls were repeated by the computer. Finn had his head cocked then answered her, allowing time for each sentence to translate.
“A Castian warrior was kind enough to help me create this device. The words are in his voice, his name was Rask, son of the Castian leader Cobra. We aided their warriors on a planet named Bagron when they were attacked by cruel beings, rogue Tonans and the mind-battling Gorgano. I want you to use this device every day to learn our language. I’m not capable of learning more than a few of your words.
“I can’t drag this machine everywhere we go together. I can however hook it up to all of my rooms. I don’t want the entire ship hearing our conversations, the warriors would be too confused with so many different words being said aloud regardless. They would all end up with headaches if too many females were in our eating area and all of you spoke at the same time. Human females seem to like to speak—a lot.”
“I have so many questions.”
“I’m sure you do. I’m certain all of you do. Each warrior will answer their female’s questions in privacy. One on one. I’m a Zargonnii warrior-mercenary. More warrior as of late because we are at war with certain creatures. Mostly my people eradicate nuisance creatures on other planets for a price. Humans were discovered a short time ago by my kind. Unfortunately for humans, they were discovered some years ago by a nasty species called Tonans. I’m sorry, but there is no hope for your planet. The skies are volatile with other species. I brought you here to save your life and take you to my planet where we will mate.”
“Excuse me?” Bethany crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance.
“Isn’t the machine working right?” Finn looked worried and tapped the panel.
“Oh, it’s working fine. You saved me to keep me?”
“Our planet isn’t like Earth. I’m sure Earth had frightening things for you to deal with, but that white thing you called a polar bear is harmless compared to creatures on my world. I can keep you safe.”
“But only for fringe benefits. Happen not gonna, Jaws.”
Finn was shaking his head. “Fringe benefits?”
“Sex.”
“No, not sex, well, yes, sex, but no, not sex.”
Bethany narrowed her eyes and tapped the panel. “I think this might be broken after all.”
“What I mean is our people are different. Our males and females don’t cohabitate. We Holiday every two years for the sole intent to produce offspring. Males are left in their fathers’ care, females in their mothers’ care.”
“Then why not just hand us over to your females?”
“You would be terrified of our females.”
Bethany frowned. Terrified of their females? They couldn’t possibly be scarier than the warriors. Could they?
“I don’t understand. Do they grow like you? Why do you seem to grow?”
“The male of my species grows in battle mode. Our bodies lengthen, our claws grow longer, our teeth expand. Females
“Sleep?” Finn growled the word, it rolled from deep within his throat.
“No sleep,” Bethany replied. She growl-grunted both words in his language, feeling a little silly. Each word the Zargonnii spoke had to be picked apart and analyzed for the pitch and harshness. At first it was nothing more than baby talk to her, gradually she came to understand it was so much more complex.
Finn took her hand and eased her off the high table she was sitting on. He propelled her towards the window. Bethany was amazed; they were already soaring across the heavens. There were so many stars she wondered how the ship avoided them. Tearing her gaze from the window, Bethany circled the room. The furniture was huge; everything was large to accommodate the Zargonnii.
Taking her hand Finn led her to a panel. Buttons lit up at a command. Finn growled into the computer. Bethany jumped back when words were spoken back to her.
“You are safe.”
Openmouthed Bethany looked up at Finn. “How did you do that?” Grunts and growls were repeated by the computer. Finn had his head cocked then answered her, allowing time for each sentence to translate.
“A Castian warrior was kind enough to help me create this device. The words are in his voice, his name was Rask, son of the Castian leader Cobra. We aided their warriors on a planet named Bagron when they were attacked by cruel beings, rogue Tonans and the mind-battling Gorgano. I want you to use this device every day to learn our language. I’m not capable of learning more than a few of your words.
“I can’t drag this machine everywhere we go together. I can however hook it up to all of my rooms. I don’t want the entire ship hearing our conversations, the warriors would be too confused with so many different words being said aloud regardless. They would all end up with headaches if too many females were in our eating area and all of you spoke at the same time. Human females seem to like to speak—a lot.”
“I have so many questions.”
“I’m sure you do. I’m certain all of you do. Each warrior will answer their female’s questions in privacy. One on one. I’m a Zargonnii warrior-mercenary. More warrior as of late because we are at war with certain creatures. Mostly my people eradicate nuisance creatures on other planets for a price. Humans were discovered a short time ago by my kind. Unfortunately for humans, they were discovered some years ago by a nasty species called Tonans. I’m sorry, but there is no hope for your planet. The skies are volatile with other species. I brought you here to save your life and take you to my planet where we will mate.”
“Excuse me?” Bethany crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance.
“Isn’t the machine working right?” Finn looked worried and tapped the panel.
“Oh, it’s working fine. You saved me to keep me?”
“Our planet isn’t like Earth. I’m sure Earth had frightening things for you to deal with, but that white thing you called a polar bear is harmless compared to creatures on my world. I can keep you safe.”
“But only for fringe benefits. Happen not gonna, Jaws.”
Finn was shaking his head. “Fringe benefits?”
“Sex.”
“No, not sex, well, yes, sex, but no, not sex.”
Bethany narrowed her eyes and tapped the panel. “I think this might be broken after all.”
“What I mean is our people are different. Our males and females don’t cohabitate. We Holiday every two years for the sole intent to produce offspring. Males are left in their fathers’ care, females in their mothers’ care.”
“Then why not just hand us over to your females?”
“You would be terrified of our females.”
Bethany frowned. Terrified of their females? They couldn’t possibly be scarier than the warriors. Could they?
“I don’t understand. Do they grow like you? Why do you seem to grow?”
“The male of my species grows in battle mode. Our bodies lengthen, our claws grow longer, our teeth expand. Females
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