Kalian frowned a little and looked away for a moment. "don't let me hurt anyone... i... those burns... i never want anyone to suffer that kind of pain ever again. it was so awful and the smell... i didn't eat grilled meat for two years. but we can try training with Vess, far from the house and the other kids. Relene needs training too but the more people around the bigger the risk."<br/><br/><span style="color: #ff4d4d">"no, she isn't. owning a sentient being is slavery, the Animus is sentient. Order may not trust the animus but she has already defended her right to self determination. ha, ha, that isn't what i meant."</span>she smiled and nodded.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"good, i put a lot of thought into it after i burned my issue of that paper. that's why Valeen gave me the troops, this is meant as a wake up call that her behavior is utterly unacceptable. she will be a good, responsible journalist or she will be ground down into dust. i couldn't care less how she sees me, i have dealt with assassins with knives, a woman with a quill doesn't frighten me."</span>she looked up and smirked a bit.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"i would say you have limp fish breath. it's going to take quite a bit of wine and possibly something stronger to render that mouth clean of her. so, you keep your lips to yourself for now and maybe when both of us are in a better emotional place i will think about letting you kiss me." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>