>>Daphne looked over to her Caitian commander. This was not the response
>she had been expecting. The felinid had cracked, but a little more than
>might have bene necessary. It was probably time for the good cop to give
>it a try to focus his emotions.
>
>"Horrtha," said Tr'Lawsh. "HORRTHA!" She looked at Daphne. "Grrrab him!
>Ssshake him!" They had to get him under control. "HORRTHA!" she roared,
>in a voice no human could ever duplicate, and slammed her hand down on the
>table. She was counting on his having been trained to be obedient first of
>all, and that her tone would slice into his panic.
>she had been expecting. The felinid had cracked, but a little more than
>might have bene necessary. It was probably time for the good cop to give
>it a try to focus his emotions.
>
>"Horrtha," said Tr'Lawsh. "HORRTHA!" She looked at Daphne. "Grrrab him!
>Ssshake him!" They had to get him under control. "HORRTHA!" she roared,
>in a voice no human could ever duplicate, and slammed her hand down on the
>table. She was counting on his having been trained to be obedient first of
>all, and that her tone would slice into his panic.
Daphne grabbed hold of the much larger felinid and started shaking. It took everything in her to do so, but she understood that she had to do it if they were going to get through to Horrtha.
>The roar worked as anticipated. He settled down straight away. His
attention was totally fixed on the Caitian. Every sense was on the cat,
waiting for instructions. Just as his training had conditioned him.
"Horrtha, I feel yourrr rrrage," she said, this time looking directly into
his eyes. She *did* feel his rage. And Daphne could see that Tr'Lawsh's
attitude had suddenly changed. This was not an enemy, but a victim. She
saw her own kind, twisted into something terrible, and she hated the people
who had done it. "The quessstion isss, what arrre you going to do about
it? Will you sssit back and let the Korrat do thisss to you, brrreed you
like animalsss to ssserrrve and die forrr them? Orrr will you take the
firrrsst ssstep in helping yourrr people become frrree?"
[I must tell General Traknor. He will know what to do.] The young felinid was scared, and he was reverting back to his training. He was reverting back to his chain of command. In this vulnerable state he could be controled, pumped for information. Possibly even turned against those that enslaved him and his people.
"What do you think you are going to tell him?" asked the human in an accusatory tone.
attention was totally fixed on the Caitian. Every sense was on the cat,
waiting for instructions. Just as his training had conditioned him.
"Horrtha, I feel yourrr rrrage," she said, this time looking directly into
his eyes. She *did* feel his rage. And Daphne could see that Tr'Lawsh's
attitude had suddenly changed. This was not an enemy, but a victim. She
saw her own kind, twisted into something terrible, and she hated the people
who had done it. "The quessstion isss, what arrre you going to do about
it? Will you sssit back and let the Korrat do thisss to you, brrreed you
like animalsss to ssserrrve and die forrr them? Orrr will you take the
firrrsst ssstep in helping yourrr people become frrree?"
[I must tell General Traknor. He will know what to do.] The young felinid was scared, and he was reverting back to his training. He was reverting back to his chain of command. In this vulnerable state he could be controled, pumped for information. Possibly even turned against those that enslaved him and his people.
"What do you think you are going to tell him?" asked the human in an accusatory tone.
Horrrtha declined to respond to her verbally. Instead he gave her a hard stare, bearing just a few teeth. The stare being short lived, he turned to Tr'Lawsh to address her.
[The General must know about this. He will know what to. He is the commander of the forces that are invading this part of space, and he is a respected field commander. Traknor will know what my people should do.]
It was clear that Horrrtha idolized the General, and it stood to reason that the others would as well. Traknor was some kind of hero to the young felinid being questioned.
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