StarCraft: Infection [Begins]

[Pichu Luver]

Kelnari Deciding who is less capable of intelligible speech.

"...Vhat is your name...?" Ordentlicher asked.

Kelnari flicked her hand away, clicking the nails together and mentally snorted at the man. It was a bad habit she had picked up from the humans. The snort they produced when they were dismissive of another of their species was a satisfactory way to express derision. Like they found whatever the other had done or said so dissatisfying they could not keep it internalized. Lacking the ability to expel air, she had memorized the sound and communicated it mentally.

Clickeing her nails and the hand movement was the Protoss way to ‘snort’, but it was unlikely that anyone had picked up on that. She wanted Ordentlicher to know she found him and his claims ridiculous. She hated lowering herself to their level. The Dae’Uhl held that she should watch over them, and given what was about to happen to the human race, perhaps she should show more concern for their wellbeing, but they were so infuriating!

First they had come and used the natural resources of this sector with little regard for the natural environments. Then, the first thing they do when they meet another race of equal—no, greater—intelligence was to attack them and then proceed to slowly torture any survivors.

“: Why should I talk to you of anything? You, the reason I have been treated like a dumb beast and physically attacked for days; when it was OBVIOUS from the beginning I was of at least equal intelligence. Only NOW, a week after I come into your unkind ‘care’ you ask for MY NAME?!? :”

“My superiors vere ze ones—”

Kelnari scoffed. “: Do NOT try to placate me human. As you should know by now, I can read your mind. You feel little remorse for… :” she paused while she searched for a word, “:…experimenting on me. On ME. Where do you find the…justification?!? WHERE!?!

“You are ze first alien ve haff ever found. Zere are kvestions ve need answered.”

Kelnari lurched forward on the restraints as far as she could, praying they would snap this time. Alas she had no such luck. “: Then PERHAPS you should had asked questions FIRST and tortured SECOND. My dignity is NOT a ‘formality’. :”

He made this low, repetitive barking noise that Kelnari had learned meant amusement in humans. “And you vould haff answered?”

“: A week ago you had only attacked me due to a… misunderstanding. Not treated as a dangerous animal. :”

This Ordentlicher was silent for a moment, considering his answer. “Perhaps you are right. Perhaps ve should haff tried communication first.” He shrugged. “It does not matter now, I need my answers, und I vill get zem.”

“: No, you will not. The only reason you seek to talk to me is because you do not have the time to test until you have get answers. You do not see me as anything more than an interesting pet who…conveniently has the ability to talk. So ignoring you, a creature that sees me as nothing but a…curiosity to poke and see if I bite, will be a pleasure. May Adun return to burn you alive you Cerebrate slimed Queen. :”

He only seemed more interested. 'Ah! I zink you are insulting me, but vat is a Cerebrate? Or a Queen?"

Kelnari raised herself up as high as she could and allowed a small amount of satisfaction to enter her thoughts. ": Your death. :"