Alabaster managed to free himself from Myri's grip.  "Did we not have the talk about unwanted grabbing?" he demanded.  He quickly flew over to Tobi, tore a scrap of meat off of the cooked drone leg, and deposited it in Myri's hand.  "Eat," he commanded.  "You'll need it later."  He then faced the general public.  "If anybody needs me, I'll be out there having an extended conversation with myself," he declared, pointing toward the mouth of the cave.  Having said that, he quickly flew past them and out into the morning light.<br/><br/>Myri looked distastefully at the piece of cooked meat in her hand, then shut her eyes, tossed it in her mouth and quickly swallowed it.  "They even<span style="font-style: italic">taste</span>ugly," she complained.