<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ea/Ngaaluh.jpg)</div><strong>Lal Orpesh</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i2oIfbARrH6wUcvzxXLv3VatHogM-4Kiw8ulU0eKlHI/edit)<br/><br/>Lal gave a soft, pleased sigh as as Shaa Raa leaned into her back and guided her into a better stance with the pistol.  For a moment, her eyes fluttered shut as Lal realized how long it had been since she'd had any sort of intimacy in her life.<br/><br/>The tall girl gave a wistful sigh as she let Shaa adjust her stance.  When her eyes fluttered open again, though, she was composed and serious.  Under the Kel Dor's careful instruction, her grace and combat savvy asserted itself and Lal put several shots within a few centimeters of the bullseye.<br/><br/>After that lesson, she stepped to the side and flashed a smile at the others.  Opening a pouch on the utility belt hanging off of her shapely hips, Lal made a noise somewhere between a chitter and a trill.  She wore a second belt too—a sort of golden looking snakeskin...<br/><br/>That was a belt, wasn't it?<br/><br/>A creature looking a little bit like a jagged six armed star fish crawled out into her hand.<br/><br/>Opening a second pouch, Lal made a sound somewhere between a trill and a buzz.  The creature to climb out into her other hand looked somewhat like a fist sized beetle.<br/><br/>“With the right training regimes,” she explained, holding up the two creatures, “these creatures can also be taught to curve, flying around obstacles and such to reach their targets.  I've not really developed that skill.  I was more focused on teaching them—and myself—to strike harder.<br/><br/>Lal glanced at the target, then in a sudden blurr of motion hurled the six legged starfish through the air.  It surged too thrumming life as it crossed the distance, then with a curious 'tick', not a very familiar sound at all, it buried an inch deep in the target and quivered there for a moment.<br/><br/>Lal trilled and after a moment, the razor bug—which had gone stiff—curled back up, jerked itself free, and rolled down the range back to her.<br/><br/>“The razor bug is quite lethal and accurate.  It's range rivals your lighter, better balanced pistols.”<br/><br/>She held up the other creature as the razor bug scurried up the hem of her red gown and back into her pocket.  “The thud-bug doesn't have the same accuracy at range, and uses different techniques, but it can incapacitate or kill, depending on the techniques used and commands given.<br/><br/>“She lobbed the thud bug casually down range. It spiraled a few times, wings clicking, before pouncing off of the target dead center.<br/><br/>“Controlling the creatures” Lal explained, “Is a matter of throwing technique, voice commands, and pheremones.  It's a kinesthetic mental process, hard to describe in words.  Most of us internalize the instructions, then forget them—much as your athletes find that telling themselves what to do in their games will disrupt their proper techniques.  If someone is interested to try, I can offer some instruction with the thud bug.”