Her terms of service are to be determined by her new owner.?The words rang through Alice’s head as she shook her head in disbelief. This could not b... happening! She looked at Devlin. He held a smug expression on his face as he smiled at her, his eyes slowly moving up and down her body as if inspecting his new purchase. She cringed in disgust at the lust in his eyes.?Do you need assistance with the removal of your property Devlin?? Arthur the head of the tribunal asked.?No need, your honour. I. The genset works at a constant RPM, whatever is optimum for generating electricity, so it stays quiet even when you increase the throttle for the electric motors. The motors just draw more electricity from the batteries, while the electricity the generator makes gets dumped into the batteries. That way running the sail drives won’t drain the batteries.There was a WHOLE lot less vibration, and the tall stacks were carrying the exhaust away, so there wasn’t that stomach turning diesel. The only way to rescue your attackers was to end their misery because we have no technique that purges the Vizz from their host species. The Vizz are insatiable in their aggression. They may have exterminated my people and they tried to destroy humanity because we are not meld-able." I understand that," Kita said. "What I don't get is why you need Jorie?"Mista smiled. "The Cha'ortha were on the same evolutionary path as the Vizz, although we chose to keep our bodies, usually." You are Cha'ortha. My head did not hurt. I could stay up so long as my mind was clear. The lines snaked up to distract me from standing, but I like to stand. Standing keeps the men away. They never strike me, they just make me think they will. They always stop before they whip me. Not like the men. The lines are my friends, but they like to make me stronger, so they test me.They were turning yellow. Good, that's their normal color. Maybe we could start talking, soon. I like talking with the lines, but the men.