Rhythm of the Imperium
“It seemed an insufficiently strong vessel to convey him and his siblings to the place where the Zang waited. He hated being in the small shells. He longed for the day when he could return to his motherworld and forget he had ever seen a Wichu, or a human, or a shuttle.
“Bad enough that we have to move onto a human ship,” Sofus complained, shifting the flexible, flat pieces of rock that lined the cabin in order to make himself a more comfortable seat. “But they are here.”
Sofus pointed at the bl...ack-topped human and the red-orange Uctu that sat at the front of the cabin, the soft excrescences that served them for manipulative digits resting on brightly-colored weapons. The others murmured their unhappiness.
“It doesn’t matter now, and soon, it will not matter at all,” Phutes reassured them. “Their species are ephemeral and will pass.”
“Not soon enough!”
“We can hear you, you know,” the black-topped human said. He had identified himself as “Nesbitt,” not that Phutes cared for the buzz and glottal stop.MoreLess
“Bad enough that we have to move onto a human ship,” Sofus complained, shifting the flexible, flat pieces of rock that lined the cabin in order to make himself a more comfortable seat. “But they are here.”
Sofus pointed at the bl...ack-topped human and the red-orange Uctu that sat at the front of the cabin, the soft excrescences that served them for manipulative digits resting on brightly-colored weapons. The others murmured their unhappiness.
“It doesn’t matter now, and soon, it will not matter at all,” Phutes reassured them. “Their species are ephemeral and will pass.”
“Not soon enough!”
“We can hear you, you know,” the black-topped human said. He had identified himself as “Nesbitt,” not that Phutes cared for the buzz and glottal stop.MoreLess
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