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forehead.
“Certainly,” said one of the female heads. Her voice was the tenor in the harmonics of the twin voices. “You asked us who we were. We are now
Weesa
, but before our brains were incorporated into this ship, we used to be called Olso and Emeara.” With a slight nod to the other head, she continued, “Emeara is my child, and we are both very distant grandmothers to Daisy.”
As Olso spoke, Pam began noticing the differences in their appearance. Olso's face and nose were thinner, where Emeara's eyes had a more slanted cast to them. Pam shrugged.
Their faces might not even be what they originally looked like.
The other face, which Pam took to be Emeara, smiled. “Of course, my dear. What you see in front of you is our true appearance while we held physical bodies.” Her voice had a lilting alto tone.
Pam frowned, biting her lip. “You're reading my mind, without my permission. I don't know how things are done on your planet, but we value our privacy. So keep the hell out of my head. You got it? Or, I'm going back home.”
Emeara's eyes looked troubled. “We're sorry, Pamela. As
Weesa
, we always read the crews' minds, to assist them in their duties. We meant no harm.”
“I'm not your crew,” she snapped. With a heavy sigh, she leaned back in her chair. “Look, I'm sorry. I just found out my father is being held prisoner, and I had a brother and sisters, but they're dead. I'm totally out of my element, and I don't understand what it is you want me to do.”
“If you will listen, we will explain,” said Olso in a stern voice.
Pam glared at Olso, not sure if she liked her or not. She seemed to be the bad cop to Emeara's good cop. “Ok, ok,” Pam said, waving her hand. “Go on with your story.”
“Many generations ago, more than you can fathom in your Earth years, before Humans even walked your planet,” Olso lectured with a sneer, “our Universe was invaded by a terrible entity. We knew not where they came from, but they destroyed all life, including planets. They were nothing more than clouds of dark energy that would envelope a planet and absorb all the energy from the world and its life forms. I was told it was a slow, painful way to die. I was Queen of Calen at that time, so I ordered our best scientists to discover a way to eliminate them.
“Even with our brightest minds working on the problem, no one came up with an answer. And the Planet Destroyers were getting closer each year. It was quite by accident we found the solution. Some of our deep space vehicles were using Rem brains as computers, and to fulfill other functions on those ships.
“The Rem brains were contained in vessels that were constructed with small amounts of Husken Silver as components. Husken Silver is toxic to our race, but in small enough quantities, not lethal. Our deep spacers started encountering the Planet Destroyers, sadly, to be absorbed and destroyed themselves. All of them, save the ships using Rem brains. These, the Planet Destroyers avoided, at all costs. We then discovered they would not go near the planet with the only supply of Husken Silver, Lear.
“Using larger quantities of Husken Silver, and with the help of the Rem brains, some of the deep space captains devised a weapon they thought would fend off the Planet Destroyers. It was a more complex variation of the Ultilear. They had no illusions. They knew if their weapon did not work, our worlds were doomed. Imagine their surprise, when they discovered not only were the Planet Destroyers vulnerable to the Silver, but their energy was absorbed by it. The captains were unable to kill the Planet Destroyers, but they could be contained, in Husken Silver.
“Ever resourceful, and inspired by this new weapon, our scientists developed a bigger and more powerful version of the Husken Ultilear. Our deep space vessels were equipped with this new technology, and soon, the Planet Destroyers became the hunted. Our Calen ships searched far and wide, until
“Certainly,” said one of the female heads. Her voice was the tenor in the harmonics of the twin voices. “You asked us who we were. We are now
Weesa
, but before our brains were incorporated into this ship, we used to be called Olso and Emeara.” With a slight nod to the other head, she continued, “Emeara is my child, and we are both very distant grandmothers to Daisy.”
As Olso spoke, Pam began noticing the differences in their appearance. Olso's face and nose were thinner, where Emeara's eyes had a more slanted cast to them. Pam shrugged.
Their faces might not even be what they originally looked like.
The other face, which Pam took to be Emeara, smiled. “Of course, my dear. What you see in front of you is our true appearance while we held physical bodies.” Her voice had a lilting alto tone.
Pam frowned, biting her lip. “You're reading my mind, without my permission. I don't know how things are done on your planet, but we value our privacy. So keep the hell out of my head. You got it? Or, I'm going back home.”
Emeara's eyes looked troubled. “We're sorry, Pamela. As
Weesa
, we always read the crews' minds, to assist them in their duties. We meant no harm.”
“I'm not your crew,” she snapped. With a heavy sigh, she leaned back in her chair. “Look, I'm sorry. I just found out my father is being held prisoner, and I had a brother and sisters, but they're dead. I'm totally out of my element, and I don't understand what it is you want me to do.”
“If you will listen, we will explain,” said Olso in a stern voice.
Pam glared at Olso, not sure if she liked her or not. She seemed to be the bad cop to Emeara's good cop. “Ok, ok,” Pam said, waving her hand. “Go on with your story.”
“Many generations ago, more than you can fathom in your Earth years, before Humans even walked your planet,” Olso lectured with a sneer, “our Universe was invaded by a terrible entity. We knew not where they came from, but they destroyed all life, including planets. They were nothing more than clouds of dark energy that would envelope a planet and absorb all the energy from the world and its life forms. I was told it was a slow, painful way to die. I was Queen of Calen at that time, so I ordered our best scientists to discover a way to eliminate them.
“Even with our brightest minds working on the problem, no one came up with an answer. And the Planet Destroyers were getting closer each year. It was quite by accident we found the solution. Some of our deep space vehicles were using Rem brains as computers, and to fulfill other functions on those ships.
“The Rem brains were contained in vessels that were constructed with small amounts of Husken Silver as components. Husken Silver is toxic to our race, but in small enough quantities, not lethal. Our deep spacers started encountering the Planet Destroyers, sadly, to be absorbed and destroyed themselves. All of them, save the ships using Rem brains. These, the Planet Destroyers avoided, at all costs. We then discovered they would not go near the planet with the only supply of Husken Silver, Lear.
“Using larger quantities of Husken Silver, and with the help of the Rem brains, some of the deep space captains devised a weapon they thought would fend off the Planet Destroyers. It was a more complex variation of the Ultilear. They had no illusions. They knew if their weapon did not work, our worlds were doomed. Imagine their surprise, when they discovered not only were the Planet Destroyers vulnerable to the Silver, but their energy was absorbed by it. The captains were unable to kill the Planet Destroyers, but they could be contained, in Husken Silver.
“Ever resourceful, and inspired by this new weapon, our scientists developed a bigger and more powerful version of the Husken Ultilear. Our deep space vessels were equipped with this new technology, and soon, the Planet Destroyers became the hunted. Our Calen ships searched far and wide, until
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