“Uh, sure.What do you want to know?”
One of the males said, “What was your role in the administration?”
“Uh, it wasn’t quite like that.I was a tool that served a purpose.Genetic acquisition.”
The female said, “Please extrapolate.”
Hemma covered her eyes.“I was given a list of targets and gave them blowjobs, putting their contribution into a canister they built into the side of my cheek.I was brought along with the ambassador, assigned to kitchen duties so I could walk around and find my targets, and then I made the acquisition.When I got back, the containers were removed and catalogued, and I was put in a cell until the next assignment.”
The men all stared, and the female chuckled but said, “Why did you cooperate?”
“I have a brother with strong Hyreno traits.That is an easy gateway for torture, so if I wanted him to be alive in between assignments, I let them bring me to embassy after embassy without a fight.”
She waited.
“Do you know the names of your targets?”
“I do.So do they.The Aksallan government found some of the lab documents that listed all my targets.They are aware of what the purpose of my compliance was.I have run into five of them already, and one of their buddies found out what happens if a minder pokes around in my head.”
Salat grimaced.“None of you try it.She seizes, and it took an immediate healer to keep from watching her brain dribble out her ears.”
Hemma snorted.“You should have been a poet.”
The agents looked wary.
One of them said, “That can be repaired if it was installed.”
Hemma said, “It isn’t natural.”
“Why haven’t you applied to have it examined?”One of the males with fine green scales looked at her.
“Because I would then be identified as the acquisitions specialist, and a few nations would demand reparation.I have been fairly successfully at being unremarkable.Until this weekend.It rather got blown out of the water.”
“I have a question for you, miss.”
“Go ahead.This is already near the height of humiliation.”
The man said, “Did you enjoy it?The collection process?”
“No.It was terrifying.I could have had my skull crushed if things got too enthusiastic, and if I didn’t manage to get a sample, they would torture my sibling.It wasn’t exactly a comfortable situation, though two of the men made sure I wasn’t kneeling on stone.”
Amusement gleamed in the eyes of four agents.
“Right.Now, miss, what do you know about the active from this morning?”
“Could you be more specific?”
“According to the Uraddans, there was a giant woman who came out of the lake and swept all of their vehicles in, leaving you to escape.”
“Oh, she’s a friend.We met in the specialty lab.”
“Do you know her maximum height?”
“No.She gets as big as she needs to be, and that’s it.She avoids it because she doesn’t have a suit, and she doesn’t believe in giving parents something they have to explain.”
“There is no registration of such an activation.”
“She isn’t in Aksalla.She has been elsewhere.”
