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rasped loudly on the door to the
private science lab. After a few moments it opened to show a man of
average height holding a steaming cup of coffee. A white lab coat
contrasted to his skin that was entirely royal blue. He was bald
and had two vertical black lines going across his head, crossing
the eyes and cheeks. He immediately saw a wall and looked up into
the misting amber eyes of Oliver Void. “Come to help out again?”
his whole morning brightened right up. “I hit another snag on the
osculation matrix again. Can you point me in the right direction.
The cycles keep bre…”
    Oliver held up a hand as Jake came around to
say “We’re not here for that, Laddie. Ye hear about the Hunter
assault yet?”
    “ The crew talked about it at
supper. Why, Captain?”
    “ Because Renee thought you
might want to get your hands on a working teleporter you most
likely helped design.” Oliver teased and Davan Took went still.
Even for a foremost human genius he didn’t know what to do. “Since
you are likely partly its inventor, you might want it for study and
to see if the parties involved were privy to the massacre they
orchestrated and used you as the scapegoat.”
    “ Enough said. What do I need
to do to get retribution for my family?” he sat the steaming cup
down on a nearby table, giving undivided attention.
    “ Come with me.” Oliver
simply said.
    “ Lad, ye remember what I
warned. Not a hair harmed. I’ve got to go deal with the crew and
let them know. One hair and yer arse is mine.”
    “ Aye aye.” Oliver said and
Davan was about to follow eagerly. “Oh, you may need to pack a bag.
Clothes and tools. We’ll be landing on Zerika soil in a few
minutes.”
    “ Good thing I got the heavy
gravity splice a decade ago. My heart would give out otherwise.”
Davan mumbled and rushed to get supplies before eventually riding
the elevator back to the docking bay and gasp “A Creelin! Whoa and
a Beyleez at that!”
    “ Netul, meet Davan Took.
Foremost human I know of researching instant travel.” Oliver
introduced the men who shook hands. Davan was completely speechless
and all the things he wanted to ask failed to come out. Oliver
slapped him on the back with a laugh. “Breathe now, Buddy.” He
did.
    “ I’m sorry, I rarely get too
meet your people and never a Zeelin above Zant rank.”
    “ The pleasure is mine, Davan
Took.”
    “ Davan, please. Coming from
you it sounds like I stole something important.” The scientist said
humbly.
    “ Awe, Davan’s got a bromance
going!” Renee joked and black eyes widened in embarrassment and it
made her smirk grow.
    “ I’m heterosexual I’ll have
you know. Just haven’t found the right woman after my last
separation.” He informed to clear up the
misunderstanding.
    “ Well your EQ certainly
can’t take a joke.”
    “ EQ?” telepathy inquired.
    Evergreen misting orbs turned to the Creelin.
“Emotional Quotient. His IQ is one ninety nine and it effects
overly intelligent people. Like Papa, they have a hard time making
friends. Too smart, just like my personal Idiot who’s IQ is off the
charts. It’s why he’s so calm and doesn’t react to high stress
situations. They get angry, but you can’t expect them to cope like
normal humans. There is a correlation with IQ and EQ. Higher the
one, lower the other.”
    “ My own people share a
similar trait. Our top scientists find it difficult to socialize
like the bulk of our people.”
    “ So even some of your people
have the emotional range of a stump like my Olly?”
    “ For a certain.” Netul confirmed her assessment.
    “ Stump? That isn’t
nice.”
    “ Spank me later.” She winked
as Oliver turned on her.
    “ You asked for me?” Came the
voice of Jessica Menann, maiden last name being Dorgen. Jessica and
Stephanie were married, but she was Renee’s biological aunt.
Jessica is now a hundred and fourteen, but barely looks twenty, has
bright auburn hair and hazel-green eyes. Just like her niece