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“No, nothing like that We want to stay here, of course It’s just that our supply of Yilliuerously low—that’s theShot cannons,” he explained “Without it, we have no as with and our weapons are useless”

“Well, that certainly is news that warrants a face-to-face discussion—I’ll give you that” She dragged a hand through her long, silver hair, her lovely face troubled “If the ht to call human brides and now you can’t even protect us—”

“We have enough Yilliu “And we think we’ve found a source of it on another planet, just a few ht years from Earth”

She gave a short laugh that didn’t sound very amused

“Just a few million, did you say?”

“We can fold space and be there in an instant,” Rarev explained “The only problem is—”

But his words were interrupted by a piercing whistle that took him by surprise

Quickly, he drew his blaster from his belt and moved to put the human female behind him

“Stay back,” he growled, scanning the roo sound “Keep behind me—whatever it is, I’ll protect you”

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Em wasn’t sure if she should be irritated or impressed On one hand, she was still not happy with hih-handed thing to do But on the other hand, the big Monstru her instinctively with his large,his weapon in a move so fast his hand was noadmiration for that level of extreme physical prowess However, there was no cause for alarm

“It’s onlytentatively on his broad back to get hiainst a wall “If you’ll let me by, I can take it off the heat and it will stop”

The big Monstrum stepped cautiously out of her way and watched as Em took the kettle off the burner and poured hot water into the cup with her tea bag

“Would you like soht as well be civilized, even if the big Monstru “It’s just herbs steeped in hot water,” she added, thinking she saw confusion on his leonine face “It’s ware” Which seeht