Karogen shook his head.  "Yeah, best not say much about Lentan, or anything else Lady Alhanda might like to know.  No telling what she can cut out of me with those claws of hers...."  Karogen shudders slightly.<br/><br/>"Wonder how the S.E.M.'s holding up.  Faust and Emiko should have probably taken charge by now." He continues talking, more to try and maintain his own sanity, than to hold conversation with the man that had already lost his.<br/><br/>He sighed.  "You know, not all furs are bad.  When I was younger, I tried an experiment.  I injected myself with the fur's Beserker juice.  Turns out there's a reason humans don't use it.  Metabolism can't take it at all.  Went on a rampage for a few hours, but ended up in a coma.<br/>My master didn't know why I was in that state, but he did know one thing- a slave that can't wake up is useless.  They decided I would be thier next meal... but obviously that didn't happen.<br/>Someone- that someone being Faust's father- decided to buy me, and he nursed me back to health.  He was a very kind fur, who was in love with one of his human slave girls- hence Faust being born."<br/><br/>Karogen stopped, and shook his head.  "Er... Faust is a half-fur member of the S.E.M., by the way.  Probably make more sense if you knew that first.<br/>Anyway, stuff happened, ended up using the berserker juice again, he nursed me back to health again.  He treated me like a son.  But... well, his kindness to humans didn't bode to well with other furs.  He was assassinated, killed as he slept in his very room.  His Will.... freed me, and gave me a third of what he owned.  His lover and Faust, naturally, got the other two thirds.  I used what he gave me, along with some charity from Blotar, to start the S.E.M... A few months later, Faust joined as well.  Faust's father was a great and kind soul.  Unlike my own father, who was worse than any fur- Alhanda included, you may have ever met.  Yeah.. you might not think it's possible, but humans can be much, much worse than furs."<br/><br/>----------------------------------------<br/><br/>Faust noticed the resistance's First Sergeant glancing at him from time to time... great.  Emiko must have told him something.  That'd make it harder to slip away to report to Alhanda... not that he probably needed to anymore.  With Karogen held captive, she would have anything she ever wanted to know about S.E.M.<br/><br/>Faust jogged up towards Marice, frowning.  "So... when you see Karogen again, you planning on giving those katar back?"<br/><br/>Marice blinked, continuing to walk.  "Katar?  Oh! The dagger thingies!!  Maybe.  Dunno.  Ask again, and I might just eat ya."<br/><br/>Faust stopped walking, his face contorting abit as his heart skipped a beat.  This girl obviously didn't care about consequences- she might actually just stop and eat him on the spot.  He shook his head, deciding to leave her alone for now, and continued walking with the group.<br/><br/>---------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Emiko glanced back, frowning as she saw Faust speaking to Marice... from this distance, all she could see was thier mouths moving.  What were they talking about?  It might be bad if Faust decided to play mind games with someone so... well, simple-minded.  He could probably convince her to join his side or something.<br/><br/>Distracted, she answered the First Sergeant.  "Yeah... I noticed.  Guessing we're trying to avoid hotspots or something?"<br/><br/>Jenten looked at Emiko, and smirked a little, noticing her worry.  "He's not doing anything harmful, don't worry.  He's actually trying to convince her to return Karogen's weapons.  I also have the feeling he won't be talking to her for at least a little while..." He said, chuckling.  "These ears do more than frame my face, you know."<br/><br/>Emiko nodded towards Jenten, breathing a sigh of relief.  "So, First Sergeant.  You don't think your leader... I think Mark Karogen called him Lentan?  You don't think he'll mind letting Jenten here join, do you?"  She said, elbowing Jenten slightly.  She smiled, making it obvious she was just playing around.  "Or should we just kill him now and get it over with?"<br/><br/>"That's not EVEN funny!"  Jenten crossed his arms, looking away abit, as Emiko laughed.