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head physician.
“Yebiri? What in thundering stars? Do you realize what time it is?” Tasid rubbed his face as he sat up.
“Sir, you need to come down here right away.”
Tasid paused. He couldn’t miss the urgent sound in Yebiri’s voice. “Can you at least give me a clue as to why?”
“It’s about those scans on the humans we took yesterday, when they visited our ship.”
Tasid could see the heightened excitement Yebiri was trying desperately to contain. The man wasn’t a droll fellow, but he didn’t usually get so worked up about something where one could practically feel it through the vid connection.
“All right, I’m on my way.” Tasid ended the call and sighed before standing, and dressing. Several minutes later, he walked through the doors to the infirmary. Yebiri was waiting for him, and quickly ushered him over to a set of holo-screens, all displaying an array of information.
“You know I don’t speak medical lingo. What’s all this?” Tasid looked at the physician out of the corner of his eye.
“This is all the information I gathered yesterday, from the humans. These,” Yebiri closed out several windows and pulled two together, to float side-by-side, “are the results from the females. What’s so amazing about them is that they’re compatible with several species.”
Tasid waited a second for him to continue, but when he didn’t, Tasid glared at the smaller man. “Spit it out. Compatible how?”
“Reproductively.” Yebiri paused, giving Tasid time to process what Yebiri was telling him before he continued. “There are only a few species that can mate with another race not their own, but it’s only with as far as one other. With the humans, they can mate with several. Sir, Zori are one of them.”
Tasid felt his chest tighten at the implications of this finding. “Are you serious?”
“Yes, sir. That’s why I called you down here, instead of just giving you the information over the vids.”
His excitement began to build up. “How many? What are the other races?”
“The computer is cycling through all of the known species in our databanks, matching their compatibility. Last I checked, I’ve confirmed over twenty species. Of the ones on this ship, the Zori, the Nanstrahi, the Malastant, and mine, the Larent. These humans are truly a remarkably adaptive species.”
Tasid’s heart pounded beneath his ribs. He could feel the pressure in his chest, and it radiated up to his ears. But after a moment, something occurred to him, and slowly he let out a string of curses.
Yebiri gave him a confused look. “Sir? This is a miracle for the races that were so badly hurt by the war and the plague, especially yours. Why are you cursing?”
“The day we first detected the humans, Errim made a comment about how we better hope these people don’t have anything worth fighting over because we’re still recovering from that last war. Yeb, not only do they have something worth fighting for, those females are now going to be more highly sought after than even the highest of commodities.” Tasid quickly brought up his hand, silencing Yebiri, who had opened his mouth and was undoubtedly going to argue with him about his choice of words. “I know they aren’t some item to be placed for sale, but for those races that can’t mate with them, they will still want these females to hold over our heads, knowing we need them. My father told me the Zori are on a course to extinction, very shortly, if nothing can be changed.”
Yebiri’s voice was much more subdued. “And we just found something to bring about that change. Tasid, I heard rumors, but I wasn’t sure how much to believe. I’m so very sorry to hear that.”
“It’s very true. Between the war and the plague, our numbers are bad. My father said he received the figures, and that they indicate we would be extinct within two generations.”
Yebiri’s face was one of horror, which then morphed into one of hope. “Then I’m
“Yebiri? What in thundering stars? Do you realize what time it is?” Tasid rubbed his face as he sat up.
“Sir, you need to come down here right away.”
Tasid paused. He couldn’t miss the urgent sound in Yebiri’s voice. “Can you at least give me a clue as to why?”
“It’s about those scans on the humans we took yesterday, when they visited our ship.”
Tasid could see the heightened excitement Yebiri was trying desperately to contain. The man wasn’t a droll fellow, but he didn’t usually get so worked up about something where one could practically feel it through the vid connection.
“All right, I’m on my way.” Tasid ended the call and sighed before standing, and dressing. Several minutes later, he walked through the doors to the infirmary. Yebiri was waiting for him, and quickly ushered him over to a set of holo-screens, all displaying an array of information.
“You know I don’t speak medical lingo. What’s all this?” Tasid looked at the physician out of the corner of his eye.
“This is all the information I gathered yesterday, from the humans. These,” Yebiri closed out several windows and pulled two together, to float side-by-side, “are the results from the females. What’s so amazing about them is that they’re compatible with several species.”
Tasid waited a second for him to continue, but when he didn’t, Tasid glared at the smaller man. “Spit it out. Compatible how?”
“Reproductively.” Yebiri paused, giving Tasid time to process what Yebiri was telling him before he continued. “There are only a few species that can mate with another race not their own, but it’s only with as far as one other. With the humans, they can mate with several. Sir, Zori are one of them.”
Tasid felt his chest tighten at the implications of this finding. “Are you serious?”
“Yes, sir. That’s why I called you down here, instead of just giving you the information over the vids.”
His excitement began to build up. “How many? What are the other races?”
“The computer is cycling through all of the known species in our databanks, matching their compatibility. Last I checked, I’ve confirmed over twenty species. Of the ones on this ship, the Zori, the Nanstrahi, the Malastant, and mine, the Larent. These humans are truly a remarkably adaptive species.”
Tasid’s heart pounded beneath his ribs. He could feel the pressure in his chest, and it radiated up to his ears. But after a moment, something occurred to him, and slowly he let out a string of curses.
Yebiri gave him a confused look. “Sir? This is a miracle for the races that were so badly hurt by the war and the plague, especially yours. Why are you cursing?”
“The day we first detected the humans, Errim made a comment about how we better hope these people don’t have anything worth fighting over because we’re still recovering from that last war. Yeb, not only do they have something worth fighting for, those females are now going to be more highly sought after than even the highest of commodities.” Tasid quickly brought up his hand, silencing Yebiri, who had opened his mouth and was undoubtedly going to argue with him about his choice of words. “I know they aren’t some item to be placed for sale, but for those races that can’t mate with them, they will still want these females to hold over our heads, knowing we need them. My father told me the Zori are on a course to extinction, very shortly, if nothing can be changed.”
Yebiri’s voice was much more subdued. “And we just found something to bring about that change. Tasid, I heard rumors, but I wasn’t sure how much to believe. I’m so very sorry to hear that.”
“It’s very true. Between the war and the plague, our numbers are bad. My father said he received the figures, and that they indicate we would be extinct within two generations.”
Yebiri’s face was one of horror, which then morphed into one of hope. “Then I’m
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