It ate at me, Brother Blue being out there among the stars, free to do harm with no consequences. And now these Humans came saying that Brother Blue did a great thing for Earth. I saw the way that Reza talked about Brother Blue. It was with admiration. My rage was at a constant boil. Brother Blue had sent them here. These Humans were with him. Any softening of my feelings that I had toward these Humans had changed. But I knew that in order to expose Brother Blue for the fraud that he was I would have to ingratiate myself to the Humans. They were in his pocket, and so I’d have to be in theirs. I went about the business of getting Els the item that she wanted. There were many steps to procuring a specific item. It was easier when I had things and could let people know what was available. It put me in a weaker position to have to get one specific thing. Which is why, for what Els wanted, I found myself bartering with a Monian. I slammed my fist on the table and stood up. I leaned in close to the Monian, and I opened my mouth as big as I could so he could stare inside my throat.
