"XI, huh?" She repeated the name. As he jumped at her tail she was surprised, but relaxed within moments. "Nine, in roman numerals, I think. I suppose that probably has some significance." She said and watched him in amusement. "I think we had better be going now. We'll talk later when we are sure we're safe, okay, Nine?"<br/><br/>Pecca had an odd past, she was partially educated, but that still made no difference to the amount of tests that were preformed. In a way the Overseer of her School was kind, offering to teach those intelligent enough to learn. During the day she would learn, if she was well enough after the experiments done in the night.  Often times kids would disappear for weeks then return changed somehow, if the experiment was a success. The Overseer liked the ones that would learn, she tried to make sure that most of the experiments had a high survival rate.  The Overseer's words rang in Pecca's head: "...because it would be a shame to kill such beasts. You are special, someday you may populate the earth after we humans are all dead. We cannot allow ourselves to be shamed by letting our DNA become part of mindless savages, can we?"<br/><br/>Pecca tried not to think of the actions after that, for they were not a welcome memory. The best memory she had so far was meeting this<span style="font-style: italic">XI</span>.  That was number one, number two was day she escaped from the School.