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her hear your voice. I can use that.”
    “Alright then. Relax sweetheart, we’re not going to
hurt you.”
    “I didn’t say hit on her.”
    “Why not if it’ll calm her down?” he answered dryly.
“I hope you’re watching the surrounding area. I’m surprised she hasn’t screamed
yet.”
    “I’m stopping her from talking, and only somewhat
watching. This is taking a lot of brain power.”
    “You holding her body too?”
    “Have to.”
    “Release a bit if you want her to calm down,” he said,
holding steady and just looking at her scared face as he talked.
    “I’ll try to keep her to a whisper, but I’m not sure
how well this is going to work,” Trey said, loosening her speaking ability
enough that she began babbling rapidly, but quietly. Viron talked to her, though neither understood the other, but Trey began to pick up
on a few connections that allowed him to send thoughts into her mind that she
recognized. Concepts, not words, and after more than an hour she relaxed enough
that he was able to release his hold on her.
    That was a mistake, for when he did she saw his hand
and freaked out again when she realized he was an alien. Trey mentally froze
her and glanced at the commando. “This is going to take forever.”
    “Not my fault you’re ugly,” he said with a smirk. “Can
she still see and hear me?”
    “Not right now, I’ve got her in popsicle mode.”
    “Let her see me again…after you do a quick check of
the perimeter.”
    Trey pushed out his Ikrid while maintaining his hold
on her, looking for other nearby minds.
    “No one has left the village yet. I think I better
keep my helmet on though,” he said, with the woman suddenly back awake and
babbling like she’d never stopped.
    Viron waved a hand in front
of her in a calming gesture, then stood up and took a step back. His armor peeled
apart and he walked out of it, knelt down again, and took her other hand in his
own, raised it to his lips and kissed it.
    “Oh brother,” Trey commented.
    “Work with me on this,” Viron insisted, lowering her hand but maintaining a grip on it as her eyes flicked
from him to the alien and back again rapidly. “Do you need to hold onto her?”
    “It increases my ability.”
    “Can you let go for a few minutes? And just keep her
voice in a whisper, let go of everything else.”
    “Alright, we’ll try it your way. If I have to I can
knock her out again remotely.”
    “Do it,” Viron said, with
the woman suddenly getting control of her body back as the alien released her.
She scrambled away from him but Viron still had hold
of her hand and pulled her over to him, dragging her onto her feet and away
from the Human where he held her in a firm, but polite embrace.
    “Relax little beauty, you’re among friends.”
    Trey rolled his eyes but went along with it, for some
reason it was working and starting to calm her down again.

 
 
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    November 11, 2969
    System 39282
    Planet 7
(Protovic Civilization)

 
    Over the past month Viron had made quite the impression on the single village that the expedition team
had made contact with. He couldn’t speak their language, and vice versa, but
that didn’t diminish the effect his visage had on them. With the help of some
linguists that Trey had brought with him, and a whole lot of psionic influence,
they’d established some basic words but most communication occurred through the
Archon in the form of thoughts and feelings. He was being used as a translator
more than the translators as the villagers wondered who these magical visitors
were and word spread to the nearby settlements, with pilgrimages being made by their
neighbors to come see the rumored miracles.
    The fear in the villagers was now gone, and that had
taken some doing. It wasn’t brainwashing technically, but a lot of emotional
correction on Trey’s part to get a few of these Protovic to the point of being
comfortable around him and especially Viron . Like a
snowball, once he got it