The warm feelings Kitara felt from Xylath were pleasant and she nodded with a sorrowful look in her violet eyes as she acknowledged what the girl was saying to her.  It was true, her life in the lab was far behind her...there was nothing left of the lab except a smoldering heap of rocks and ashes, and as for the people...they were either dead or in hiding someplace.  Kitara's scales weren't exactly the softest of textures...they were hard and protective, but they were quite smooth to the touch and as Xylath's cold tendrils touched them Kitara felt at ease, her tears coming to an end as she accepted her current situation.<br/>"You're right...my old life is gone and my new life on the outside is beginning.  I uh, I would like to stay by your side...I feel safe with you, but I want to know about something...what made everyone start eating each other?  I mean...what happened to all the animals...or the plants for that matter?  I'm not saying that it's wrong, but I just don't feel comfortable with the idea of eating something that's pleading with me for it's life.  I guess something must have forced people down this path...you know Xy, I was taught what humans looked like before the splicings.  They look so different now than back then...so varied.  I was never in this world as a human, my current form is the one I have always known...though my senses are more potent than a humans ever will be.  I can smell and taste certain emotions by very subtle chemical changes...my visual perception is much greater and my range of hearing is further developed."  She told Xylath...most of this was due to the dragon genes her fetus was spliced with, something that had seemed like a natural part of her life...yet her life itself was something that felt artificial.  She always was different from the scientists, but Xylath appeared different compared to everyone...though deep inside, she was just another person...just like Kitara.  By now she had stopped looking to the building, not really concerned with what was there...though her brief glance may have ended up putting whomever was there in danger.