No outward signs of acknowledgement were given by the Tech-Priest when he heard the Captain's voice through the vox in his head. The purr in her voice, so much pent up sentuality... At no point did he ever stop questioning her state of mind. He knew of her family's 'taint', as did his forefathers. Granted, they viewed it as a fact of like, but it still bothered him, on some level. Despite his constant meditations, diligence in his dedication to work and the exclusion of all other thoughts, he fought constantly with his emotions. On numerous occassions, he had requested the parts and operations to have such a petty, human quality removed. Just one simply extraction of tissue from his cerabelum, that's all it took, and replace it with a lognitator unit...<br/><br/>Yet ever time, the Captain D'crux would deny his request. Courgially, of course, but denial all the same. It irked him at times, as it did now... All four hands working with a tireless vigil, the motions so practiced, guided by the spirits themselves within his host project... Yet his mind was not in it. No... All he could think about, calculate and cognitate upon was D'crux. Wait... At what point did he allow himself to drop the prefix? t was, and always would be Captain D'crux. Nothing greater, nothing less. And certainly nothing more personal. He was a glorified serft indentured to the D'crux family, and she was the latest in that line. What's more? She was easily twice his age, and at least a third his body mass.<br/><br/>A micro-adjuster was set down, more gently then reverently. Zevion's one flesh and blood eye closing while the optic lense shut down. Deprevation of one sense, to highten the others. So he could will then silent, numb, scentless... These thoughts, not computations, but thoughts, had to be set aside... Breathing, so basic a human trait, yet so simular to the pumping of an ancient machine... Focus on the breathing... The beating of one's heart, like the poundinf of a piston. Blood through veins: Oil in tubes. Peace... Calm... Focus...<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>