Jaku watches with all four arms crossed. Not too keen on the deception either, however while the human talks, he focuses on the girl in the wheel chair. With his brow furrowed, he watches as this man stands in front of her, and then steps to the left as Tamara slithers to his left. He watches this human place himself right between Tamara and the girl, standing to protect her. Although he stands at a small distance away from Tamara, but he sees caring in his motions none the less. Jaku slides up and places his upper right hand on Tamara's shoulder and carefully watches, muttering a simple, "Go on" When he stops talking.<br/><br/>The old man takes a deep breath and with a steadfast demeanor, he opens his hand and gently places it on the girls shoulder. "This is my grand daughter Lily." She lifts her head just enough to rest it against his tanned arm. "And, like her parents, her body is failing her. We have gone from one medical professional after another, one healer after another across this entire globe, and over the past three years nothing at all could be done that would not accelerate her condition. In fact, some of it did."<br/><br/>The old man gently rubs the top of Lily's long bright brown hair and smiles towards her, then looking each of the Nagas right in the eyes, before stopping at Jaku. "Now like I said, we have been watching you. It wasn't a coincidence that you ended up in the village you did, with cooperative townsfolk, and had a convenient ferry to whisk you away to safety. Every single otter you have inside you has been a part of this company for years, and their families have been compensated exceptionally well for this experiment. You have quite a reputation, I did not have to try hard for volunteers. We tracked you for months, but once you climbed on to the plateau, we were able to force away that band of military fanatics that were on your backs and corral you here. Mind you, I knew you were pregnant at the time just due to the satellite photos, but I never expected three fully grown and perfectly healthy transformations so quickly! Ahem..."<br/><br/>Mac Dierty gathers himself and takes a pause. "Apologies, I am a biologist before I am a businessman, but a grandfather before that. And I will be frank with you. I have believed your kind to be the key to my grand daughter's survival. I want you to take her, and give her a new body free of this wretched genetic disease. She's a brilliant biologist with a disappearing future. If you bring her back to me, healthy and able to smile again, I promise to use all of my influence to protect you, and." He waves his hand to the side and points to the island behind him. "I can give you a sanctuary where you can grow your species, safe. All you have to do is give my Lily a new body. I think we'll get used to it being a snake."<br/><br/>Jaku huffs at his last comment and places his hand on his face. Glancing behind his shoulder, he notices most of the crew standing on the upper deck behind a very thin metal railing with stairs on either end. But paying little attention to them, he turns his gaze back and looks at the young girl in the wheel chair with a kind smile yet the concern about this entire setup is easily seen in his eyes.