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red, orange and gold leaves. She looked down, the flat surface of the floor now having become green and spongy under her feet,
    “What is this?” she gasped. In awe of what she was seeing. He smiled at her wonder. It shone out from the gorgeous lavender of his eyes.
    “Grass, my one. This is the forest I grew up in. Where I ran as a cub. It is only a holographic rendering, but-“
    “It’s beautiful.” she breathed. Interrupting his attempt to excuse the lack of reality. “I’ve never seen grass. Or trees. Or felt natural air on my face. No sunshine. Even holographic, this is the closest I’ve ever come to knowing what Earth might have been like. Thank you, Ohlen. It’s amazing.”
    He inclined his head. Swallowing audibly while she walked around the table. Andi was fascinated as she watched the wind rustle the leaves. Mesmerized by the way the colors flashed so brightly in the light.  The soft whistling sound of the air, strangely soothing.
    The forest melted away to reveal another image. Floor to ceiling glass windows looking out onto a stunningly beautiful mountain range. It was breathtaking. The mountain tops snowcapped, majestically stretching up towards the cloudy gray sky. Andi walked closer, forgetting it was a hologram as she set her palms to the windows. Feeling the coolness of the glass while she stared at the fluffy white clouds rolling along gently along.
    “Is this another place on Saraz?” she couldn’t look away. Watching the wind whip up flurries of snow. Sending them careening through the air in fantastic swirls.
    “Yes, my one. We could spend all day within this chamber. My intent, however, was to download information to you.”
    “Download information for me, you mean? Where?” Ohlen nodded to the black device sitting on the table top,
    “To you. Directly into the mind. This room is used for many things. Relaxation, mental refreshment and so forth. It is one of many on board. The primary squad leaders are typically the recipients. The primaries can then train all their warriors accordingly, using the same techniques and information. The program is not restricted to pre-programed military maneuvers. Anything the mind has learned, can be uploaded or downloaded into another person.”
     
    Andi was fascinated. It looked like some kind of ocular device. When she asked if the process was delivered through the eyes, Ohlen smiled at her like he was pleased.
    “Yes. I would like to give you the knowledge to fight.” she frowned at him. Wondering why he would want to give her that kind of knowledge. He didn’t keep her waiting for the answer for very long.
    “At the completion of the download, you will know how to incapacitate an enemy. Any enemy. You will still have to exercise. Build muscle and train. But it will feel like a memory you’ve carried since birth.”
    Andi struggled for an even breath. Shocked by the gravelly tone of his voice. The rage behind it.
    He hurried to go on. “I do not anticipate you ever needing to use this information. You will never be alone or unprotected. I will always be there to rend anyone or anything who poses threat to you, into pieces. My intent is for you to feel safe. No matter who you are with or where you are. Never feel helpless or weak. Never afraid. Not ever again.”
     
    Tears pricked at Andi’s eyes. Her stomach hollowed out and she just stood there. Staring at this man, this alien, in total shock. She had never been given a gift in her life. Not one. Everything she’d had, she had scraped and fought for. What Ohlen was offering her, what he was giving to her, was an incomparable gift. She fell a little bit in love with him right then.
    He must have mistaken her expression for something other than shock and awe. His face hardened with disappointment. To see it made her stomach clench. Her mind instinctively wondering if he would become angry with her,
    “I did not mean to upset you, my one.”
    The knot of dread unraveled like it had never