<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/103/b/1/infinity_mei__print_giveaway__by_dctb-d7ebwwl.jpg">Anna Sakul</a></div><br/><br/>Shutting her eyes, Anna braced herself as the wave of emotion accosted her once the bond was established.  She had expected the anger which had made it easier to process and put in its place.  Taking a moment to find her center she opened her eyes once more and looked upon the man that now stood before her.  He had retracted his arachnid appendages and now looked mostly human.  He was still quite pale and looking at him still reminded one of a spider.  He was tall with spindly corded limbs that still looked deceptively powerful.  She would not be able to let her guard down still.  But what got her the most was his gold and black eyes.  They were hauntingly beautiful and she felt she could easily get lost in them.  Curiously he had more than one set of eyebrows, except the three other pair were noticeably smaller.  Could he open up additional eyes like a spider?  She resisted asking.  It was not the time.  He had noting but animosity towards her and though she did not think that this would change any time soon, she was still hopeful.<br/><br/>"My name is Anna Sakul.  Address me as you will but we shall be leaving now," she stated as she turned her back to him and proceeded to walk back through the archway that had led her into the stasis room.  The defenses that had barred her way lay in pieces where she had shot them down with arcs of lighting and balls of fire upon entry of the temple ruins.  Suffice to say that the going was much easier than the coming.  Before long they exited the temple proper.  There were still walls standing in the courtyard that connected the ruined building to lesser buildings that had once surrounded it.  In the middle of this yard was parked her ship.  It wasn't too big.  Large enough for a small crew of about four or five people.  Most of its functions now were guided by automatons however.  As its owner approached the access hatch opened and dropped down steps which led them inside.<br/><br/>The inside was more luxuriously furnished than the exterior would have otherwise indicated.  The first room that they accessed was the hologram chamber at the center of the ship.  It acted as the hub and contained the main communications device and astral chart projector.  One could gain access to every other part of the ship from her.  The engine and ship weapons rooms.  The armory.  The crew quarters.  The captains quarters.  The bridge.  The medic and cargo bays.  There was also a lounge were food was served and ship meetings could be held.<br/><br/>"You may have run of the ship.  Sustenance can be found that way," she stated as she pointed towards the lounge.  She did not need to worry about him tampering with anything.  There were control mechanisms in their binding that allowed her to limit the destructive behavior he was able to act out.  It would prevent him from destroying or tampering with ship systems while also not mitigating any environmental mess he desired to make to otherwise displace his frustration.<br/><br/>Taking her leave of him, she headed to the bridge where she input the co-ordinates to return home.  Heading next to her quarters, she got changed into something more<a class="postlink" href="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww210/Goayne/Annie%20Mei/db4842fb-1767-4fbb-97c2-b1f7aa21e5be_zps16427da2.jpg?t=1407017069">comfortable</a>before heading to the lounge herself for something to eat and drink.  The ship could prepare practically anything but she wasn't feeling too hungry despite all the energy it took to infiltrate the temple.  Rather she just grabbed a smoothie and some cake.  Sensing what her body required the ship altered the composition of her meal to provide the required sustenance without altering the form or taste of that which it gave her.  Modern amenities; who could live without them?