The last two visits he'd made to the space station, he'd seen Rine roaming around, watching.
When he had the opportunity, true to his word, Jedriek had "dropped" a case. The last time he'd seen him, the kid did not look so sick and gaunt. Jedriek had managed a quick scan and saw that he was well-nourished and growing like he should. He would likely be a strong young man when he was fully matured.
Good.
If he was thriving, then he assumed the rest of the family had plenty of food too. Jedriek hated seeing anyone going hungry. It was not the first time he'd slipped food to a kid who looked starving on Disguised Serenity. He had never experienced that sensation, but he'd seen enough. During this war with the Terran Empire, the idea of going without nourishment was, to him at least, the absolute worst kind of misery.
So helping out Rine was an easy decision for him.
Though it wasn't the only reason he wanted to go back to Disguised Serenity. There was the matter of the Craving and the pleasure women.
Jedriek liked them.
They were fun.
They liked him too, or so they said.
Jedriek!Master System scolded him.Focus!
Yes, Master System.
He sighed and turned his attention back to the plans on the screen, demonstrating the approach of the Terran vessel and where it would be landing.
Jedriek sighed.
Harbin glared at Jedriek. "This data is necessary."
"Apologies." Jedriek made himself sit up straighter and be more attentive. The youngest of all the cyborg generations, he was one of the last activated for the Rhimodians. There were no more after his batch had been generated.
In essence, he was the last of his kind.
Perhaps that's why the pleasure women liked him. They always told him he was one of a kind.
He was not sure what that meant.
"These are holos of the Imperial Terran Princess Caoimhe Bron and her sister, Princess Eleanor Bron." Harbin spun the hologram, and new images showed up. "The primary negotiator will be Imperial Princess Caoimhe. Princess Eleanor will be there as her second, in case she needs any assistance with anything."
"Which one is which?" Bahran asked.
"Our intel is not sure."
"They both look alike," Jedriek said. They did, but they each had very distinct features. One was slightly shorter than the other. One of them had eyes that were bright blue. They almost seemed to glow in the hologram, like she could see him right now, gazing at her.
The other had dark eyes and a wide smile. Though it seemed her wide smile did not reach her eyes.
Sadness, maybe.
His gaze kept returning to the one with the blue eyes. She was so intriguing.
The Craving sparked through him, though in the holo, he saw only her face and shoulders. She was still stunning. Beautiful in a way that overtook his senses. There was something about her he could not look away from.
He could admire those eyes for hours.
Harbin's voice jarred him back to the information.
"Yes, they do look alike. Almost," Harbin said.
"Yes, almost," Jedriek said.
