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"He arrived early this morning," Vathi said,
"with a simple offer. No negotiating." She hesitated. "He doesn't seem to need a ship to travel the stars. He...flew out of the sky under his own power."

If you do not accept my protection, you will become a vassal of the Scadrians, these 'Ones Above' Your planet will become a farming station, like many others, used to feed their expansion efforts. Your birds will be stripped from you the moment it becomes possible to do so.'

Oh man the Scadrians are fucking everywhere

Dusk paused, cocking his head. Yes, that was his corpse-something he hadn't seen in what felt like ages. He glanced at Sak. Why was she showing him this now? Was this...a strange way of trying to cheer him up? She chirped. Alert, feathers sticking up. No, this was a warning. His life was legitimately in danger, for the first time in years.
He found that invigorating.

Patji. King of the Pantheon. God of the Eelakin.
Hello, old destroyer, Dusk thought. Hello, Father.

"We live dual lives," he said. "And there is a reason we spend thirty years in human form before reaching the age of transformation. This is Adonalsium's wisdom."