Xene: *is protected by the paramite shade, which dies quickly. She pulls her claw out of Joe's arm, while jabbing Vick with her leg. She then runs to Exalmex, sounding very pissed*
DON'T PROTECT ME! You're just wasting your energy! If I'm going to die, let me die! *pauses* *In a quieter tone, almost inaudible* But... thanks anyway.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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