You inconsequential insects! You have no idea what you've just done! I should put you out of your misery...then again, money is money. You seem healthy enough. I suppose you'd fetch a decent price at Nicodema. I've hear that feisty slaves are all the rage in the markets nowadays. It makes breaking them in far more satisfying. And as for you, cousin...well, I can think of quite a few who would pay a pretty skarn for your head.

I'll admit, for a couple of Rongo Class organisms, I didn't expect you to get this far. Congratulations. You caught me. I suppose I can still be surprised - watch where you point that thing, brat. You'd do well to remember that cornered animals can sometimes have some fight left in them.

You misunderstand our nature again. It's what got you in trouble the first dozen times. The strong live long, and the weak are quick to sleep. The next time you see one of us fall, you leave them behind. I do not care if it is your friend, your lover, or your thrice-damned sister - if they haven't the strength to drag themselves up, then they don't deserve to be dragged along. Now return to your quarters.