Inquirer's Intervention

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15426

Inquirer

"Die!" Andor shouts, pulling something and making a stabbing motion with....whatever he'd pulled out of his pouch.....only to have the motion arrested by the nerve block I placed on his arm.

From the yelp and look of pain on this cretin's face, I'm pretty sure that I applied it correctly.

Nice to see I still have the touch and all that.

"Play nice and be quiet," I say softly to Andor and , "Or I'll feed you to the dragon. Do you want that?"

A look of horror passes over both of them, and they violently shake their heads.

No, they'd not like that at all.

Frankly, I'm rather impressed with the quality of intimidation Sigin had with these jokers. Looks like Andor's forgotten entirely about wanting to kill Neeva.

Oh, Betty and Ragan expressed some surprise about the fact that the red welt still on Neeva's cheek was delivered by Sigin's rough treatment of him. However, one has to remember that Sigin (as well as Gilmuriel and E'eysha) hail from worlds where such....er....hands on treatment was a valid tool in dealing with insubordination and the like on those wooden sailing ships. Point in fact, that's why those of Terra Prime seem not so surprised and shocked when they learn that the Military uses corporal punishment. It's common in a lot of places on Terra Prime...and unfortunately things have.....er.....regressed to where such things are needed for the Military.

But that said and done, it's rather nice not having to shoot, kill, or physically rough up people to drive the point home. Sometimes just doing something seeming crazy....like eating this neuro-toxin laded thorn, does wonders in keeping the peace as well!

"And you don't want to get me angry, either." I say meaningfully, smiling.

Needs salt, I think to myself as I turn back to seeing what the Doctor is saying to that poor, insane AI.

"But....but there's no cure!" Leela sputters, looking at me, amazed that I'm not frozen in place and dying.

"Hey, didn't I say that I wasn't human," I whisper to Leela, who's staring at me, "Goes to reason that what's bad for human beings isn't always bad for other species, right?"

  1. "Er.....right," Leela blinks, obviously wondering for the fiftieth time what she's gotten herself into her.

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