CharlotteOz
Explorer
"Mmmm. Well, all right then. I just got a thing about people pokin' 'round in here - " She tapped the side of her head with one stunted claw. "An' here's why."
"I'm what you call a hot dog - grown in a tube, get it? - a new blend of traits an' breedin' that they figured would increase performance. Well, they were pleased with how I performed in the field, so that's when they decided they wanted to experiment some more. They wanted to see how my traits held up when passed on to the next generation. Hot dogs are one way they get new dog soldiers, an' the breedin' program is the other. They wanted me to have a whole buncha puppies.
"I didn't know why, but I felt a little uncomfortable with that an' then realized that actually I felt extremely uncomfortable with that. My psi-stalker handler tried to get me to go along with a little psionic coercion, I pushed him outta my head, bit him on the neck, an' I ran for the hills. Had the good luck to run across a ley line close to a river an' I had a headache could about split a mountain in half crossin' it but I threw off their scent. One thing let to another an' I wound up with the cyber-knights, an' they gave me a whole buncha new words, includin' one that explained why I didn't want anythin' to do with the breedin' program. Turns out I ain't a breeder, if you know what I mean."
"Now, sounds like you got a good reason to tell Big Joe to kiss yer kiester, so long as you don't go pokin' around in my head without my say-so - an' that goes for others unless they're enemies - we ain't gonna have any trouble."
"I'm what you call a hot dog - grown in a tube, get it? - a new blend of traits an' breedin' that they figured would increase performance. Well, they were pleased with how I performed in the field, so that's when they decided they wanted to experiment some more. They wanted to see how my traits held up when passed on to the next generation. Hot dogs are one way they get new dog soldiers, an' the breedin' program is the other. They wanted me to have a whole buncha puppies.
"I didn't know why, but I felt a little uncomfortable with that an' then realized that actually I felt extremely uncomfortable with that. My psi-stalker handler tried to get me to go along with a little psionic coercion, I pushed him outta my head, bit him on the neck, an' I ran for the hills. Had the good luck to run across a ley line close to a river an' I had a headache could about split a mountain in half crossin' it but I threw off their scent. One thing let to another an' I wound up with the cyber-knights, an' they gave me a whole buncha new words, includin' one that explained why I didn't want anythin' to do with the breedin' program. Turns out I ain't a breeder, if you know what I mean."
"Now, sounds like you got a good reason to tell Big Joe to kiss yer kiester, so long as you don't go pokin' around in my head without my say-so - an' that goes for others unless they're enemies - we ain't gonna have any trouble."