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The place was deserted. A museum. A lot of the strange artifacts, had taken up some of his time.
Renais.. a hobby that saw him collecting STRANGE THINGS. 
Yie accepted his ‘Qui’ (One who obsessively collects RENAIS.’ ) by default.
There was nothing SEXUAL or INTIMATE between them but she had grown to like the way he looked.
Clean, tidy, smelt good.. for those on Solus 3 (Earth) he had garnered some admirers.
Jamo had taken him to a deserted former trading area. A lot of places to pick up, uncover rare Renais items.
Of no interest to Jamo. He liked the way Yie dressed. Had a fondness for her that she found amusing.
He had started a conversation of sorts with her talking about Nodu and the way he dressed. the RENAIS or ‘Qui.’ obsession.
Truth was it was the ‘time travelling’ that had revealed some interesting aspects to that.
Jamo had no idea that he nor Yie were from some distant future and in a part of the Qiverse beyond their comprehension.
The Ai entity aboard their craft had told Nodu it was fine to BUY, BARTER or similar re his acquisitions.
PROVIDING that did NOT change or interfere with the
TIME LINE..
In the future, his world and around it there were to be found Human(a) colonies. He had managed to track some of the items he liked from them BUT resources were limited AND
MEGA expensive. NOT that he had also forgotten that acquiring such items could be beneficial future wise.
Renais could be treated the same as ‘currency’ DRAX and or similar. The GOLD here was low grade in comparison to other worlds.
A high level of abilities re technology was a trait that ALL Arcan had.
Compression systems, had given some the ability to SHRINK things. it made for easy storage.
Peculiar that any increases in their ‘acquisitions’ had the craft size appearing to change.
A living semi ORGANIC entity that could change, things such as camouflage re the craft
What others looking on saw and sensed were what the craft Ai entity wanted those looking on to see.
In fact in some instances n OPTICAL illusion. Colour, size, fittings and fixtures were all formed to suit the needs to the occupants. Those permitted to be on that craft. Would be intruders found it almost impossible to get aboard.
Hallucinations, weakness and generally realizing this was one place uninvited were NOT welcome.
IF ‘ejected’ they could end up anywhere AND that included deep space.. BUT I digress.
NOT going to happen. NO intruders. For Yie and Nodu the craft was more of a secondary consideration.
Well protected AND using a special communication system able to stay in touch with those it considered relevant. Yie AND Nodu were linked, bonded on might say. What Yie thought and did Nodu had a link to.
Thoughts, actions well some of them, were .synchronization to perfecton.
IT whatever IT was WAS NOT giving Yie an inner sense of peace.
Was it animal vegetable or mineral ah hmm, a Human(a) term that fitted the narrative of the moment.
“WHAT are YOU doing? WHO gives YOU the right to remove those cannisters? I shall execute you for criminal damage, for trespass for..
WHAT the hell might have sprung to Yie’s mind, this whatever the hell it was, according to their craft’s Ai entity, using some very old legal rhetoric. Paraphrasing? ; IT was NOT.
HOWEVER the flickering of the lights that had dimmed dramatically was distracting IT. Moving to pick up one of the discarded cannisters, it looked closely at it.
‘THIS won’t do, won’t do at all. The reserve on this is showing degradation of the nucleic core. ‘ True it was the one showing the darker colour of the contents.
“This should have been replaced a long time ago.” IT moved to another section to return with a fully charged cannister.
The old one had been thrown out, the actual final disposal was not known to Yie but judging by the way IT acted she suspected it was probably using a deep ocean disposal shute..
A primitive means of disposal that had been outlawed on off world Human(a) colonies.
The neutronic composition was released INTO the ocean. Adding more TOXICITY.
The Ai entity had refreshed Yie’s knowledge on NUCLEAR aspects re the way PAST and now it seemed PRSENT disposal of and use of NUCLEAR based items, remained unchecked.
IT stared at her, went to shove her out ot fhe way to get to where that cannister had to ‘plugged in’.
Yie almost stumbled back with the instinct to hold on tight to this whatever it was.
The way it was dressed, Nodu would have been a fan !
“YOU can’t let IT plug that cannister in! “ Ah finally NODU! As she went to hold on stopping, well sort of stopping IT from replacing the Cannister IT she sensed was about to react and given the stiff, hard body form?
A whack from that would probably send her across the floor.
Desperation. Still holding on as finally IT stopped. lowered the Cannister to place it gently on the ground.
OH NO! The eyes flashed.. Intense.. The posture one of ANGER, RAGE. or?
It said nothing. just stood and glared .. a stand off.. with Yie wondering what to do next, how to?
Then it moved it hand upwards NOT to strike at her..
She glanced around.. “Oh that’s not good.. not good at all.’
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