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glad we found the people of Little Blue. My race was affected too, as you know. Not as badly as yours, but close to it. I’m afraid we are in a terrible decline as well, but I’m not privy to any of the official numbers.”
    “Several races are in a bad way. The war was brutal on both sides, then to top it off with the plague that didn’t discriminate between factions—it’s the whole reason why we were able to treaty a peace with the CROWN.” Tasid had a fleeting thought. “Are any of the races from the other alliances compatible?”
    A beeping sounded, bringing up another screen. “Ah, perfect timing.” Yebiri opened it up. “The scans counting the compatible races have completed.” Yebiri’s finger swiped up on the screen, and he quickly examined the readings. “It’s confirmed there are fifty races in our alliance, seven with the neutrals, twenty-nine species compatible in the CROWN. Three in the Triangulum Torch, and…” Yebiri stopped scrolling. “Oh no. Tasid, they are compatible with two races in the Oblivion Pull Coalition.”
    “Fuck! That’s a war we aren’t ready to have. Keep this quiet until we can get this planet properly guarded. Gather all of the information you have, and send it to me. I’ll make a copy, and send it on to my father.” Tasid turned on his heel and marched quickly out of the medical bay. Before entering his room, he opened Errim’s door and shouted for him.
    “Errim!”
    The body in the bed jolted, falling over the other side, with a loud thump and grunt.
    “Meet me in my quarters now!”
    He briefly heard a muffled “Yes, sir!” as the door slid closed behind him. Entering his room, he sent a hail to his father. His father answered the same time Errim arrived. Tasid could see his father was about to scold him, until seeing the look Tasid undoubtedly had on his face.
    “Tasid, what happened?” Jurresh asked carefully.
    Errim sat down on the edge of the bed, but Tasid was too amped up to sit. The screen was large enough to allow his father to watch him as he paced. “I just had a meeting with my head physician, Yebiri. He found something alarming in the results from the humans he tested yesterday. As you know, they are a remarkably adaptable species.” His father nodded but remained silent. “Father, they’re mate-compatible with ninety-one species.”
    Tasid waited a moment to let that information sink in. Errim commented first. “Mate compatible? With us?”
    Tasid nodded sharply in response.
    “That’s exciting news!” Jurresh exclaimed happily.
    “Yes, but not just with us.” Tasid sat down heavily on the bed.
    “Tasid, what other races are they compatible with? What has you this upset?” Jurresh asked.
    Tasid sighed and stood up, looking directly at his father. “Only fifty are in our alliance. There are some in the neutral races, and The Torch, nearly thirty are in the CROWN, but two, two , are in Oblivion.”
    Both his father and Errim cursed. His father was the first to speak. “This information will find a way to leak out, but try to keep it quiet until we can get them under our alliance so we can lay our claim on them.”
    Errim stood up. “If you do that, you will start the war all over again. I hate to say this, Ambassador, but Little Blue should be neutral.”
    “You don’t understand how badly we need them!” Jurresh bit out, angrily.
    “Father, he’s right,” Tasid said pensively. “You’re making it sound like they are livestock to be claimed. These are an intelligent and adventurous people, eager to learn and explore.”
    Jurresh’s head jerked back as if he was slapped. “I said no such thing!”
    Tasid ignored his father’s denial. He had another more important point he wanted to make. “They deserve the right to choose. But I also believe if we keep them from the other alliances, then the CROWN will retaliate and start the war back up. We’ve been needing something in common to bring our alliances closer together