Lynna looked at herself in the mirror as she let her clothes shift back into something comfortable, collapsing in the old half torn easy chair that'd been in her "new" apartment when she'd been given it.
You seem troubled, the voice of her partner, M'kel, noted in her mind.
"I'm fine, M'k. The aches will go away."
That's not what I meant. Something about that...Peacebringer...disturbs you.
Lynna scowled at its tone. "She has a name. Valles."
And she's making you uncomfortable. I'd prefer not to deal with her at all if possible, but it has made your mind considerably more tranquil to occupy of late. If that's ending, perhaps we should take our leave of her.
"That's not it, M'kel. It's....we did something today."
I know. I was there.
"Not that....when we saw the Quantum in that Crey lab...."
You transformed and sent us right at it, M'kel acknowledged. I was quite surprised, but positively.
"...I didn't know the Dwarf form could take that shot, M," she said, looking at herself in the mirror.
...what are you saying?
"You're always getting on me about how I care too much about myself...is that what you were talking about?"
I don't understand the question.
Lynna sighed. "I was thinking there, M. But not about me. I...didn't want her to get hurt."
...so you've discovered what self-sacrifice actually means. With a Peacebringer. How dreadfully ironic.
Lynna frowned at the voice's amused tone. "Hey, I just didn't want her to get hurt. Don't read too much into it."
Of course not, Lynna. Staring at her as much as you did was a complete coincidence, M'kel agreed. Sarcastically.
"Hey, shut it, squidhead. I don't have to take this from you," Lynna growled.
Yes. I can see it's time we went our separate ways. Oh, wait.
"Hey, this is your fault anyway! I wasn't into girls before!"
I don't catch your meaning. We Kheldians have no innate sense of gender. Why would your sexual preferences have anything to do with me?
"There you go again, making that excuse. Same way you did when I noticed we were checking out the boss lady's butt that one time," Lynna scowled.
She's a Peacebringer. Why would I have any interest in her?
"Oh, do not START with me!"
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
You seem troubled, the voice of her partner, M'kel, noted in her mind.
"I'm fine, M'k. The aches will go away."
That's not what I meant. Something about that...Peacebringer...disturbs you.
Lynna scowled at its tone. "She has a name. Valles."
And she's making you uncomfortable. I'd prefer not to deal with her at all if possible, but it has made your mind considerably more tranquil to occupy of late. If that's ending, perhaps we should take our leave of her.
"That's not it, M'kel. It's....we did something today."
I know. I was there.
"Not that....when we saw the Quantum in that Crey lab...."
You transformed and sent us right at it, M'kel acknowledged. I was quite surprised, but positively.
"...I didn't know the Dwarf form could take that shot, M," she said, looking at herself in the mirror.
...what are you saying?
"You're always getting on me about how I care too much about myself...is that what you were talking about?"
I don't understand the question.
Lynna sighed. "I was thinking there, M. But not about me. I...didn't want her to get hurt."
...so you've discovered what self-sacrifice actually means. With a Peacebringer. How dreadfully ironic.
Lynna frowned at the voice's amused tone. "Hey, I just didn't want her to get hurt. Don't read too much into it."
Of course not, Lynna. Staring at her as much as you did was a complete coincidence, M'kel agreed. Sarcastically.
"Hey, shut it, squidhead. I don't have to take this from you," Lynna growled.
Yes. I can see it's time we went our separate ways. Oh, wait.
"Hey, this is your fault anyway! I wasn't into girls before!"
I don't catch your meaning. We Kheldians have no innate sense of gender. Why would your sexual preferences have anything to do with me?
"There you go again, making that excuse. Same way you did when I noticed we were checking out the boss lady's butt that one time," Lynna scowled.
She's a Peacebringer. Why would I have any interest in her?
"Oh, do not START with me!"
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."