<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>A saurian canopy Settlement<br/>Waiting.</strong><br/><br/>"We will wait peacefully for yur Matriarchs, Kelcis.  I for one have no further questions or comments at this time."<br/><br/>Later, after they had been left to their own devices, she fixed her companions with a level stare.  "I'd liket o tell you what fools you are... but I've been that kind of fool myself."  She stretched out of a pile of bedding, for want of a better word.  "We are in grave danger.  I think I can get us out of it, gain allies for the Colony, even.  But the risks are dire, I must admit.  We cannot fight our way out of this.  I strongly suspect that attacking the matriarchs will gain nothing, they are possibly largerand more formidable even than Kelcis."  She shrugged, glancing at Reliyian.  "I my be wrong on that."<br/><br/><br/><br/>edited for spelling, lord I garbled that.<br/><br/>