Human Pet Pound (Possessive Aliens) by Loki Renard

Author:Loki Renard [Renard, Loki]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

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“You're still calling me human. And where do you want me to come? We’re still stuck in this tin can.”

“It was a metaphorical come.”

“So where are we going?”

“We are going to see Galactor.”

“The corporation that sold me?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Galactor has the greatest intelligence network in the universe. It also has control of the banking sector.”

“Okay… still, why would we see them? I thought the Scythkin and Galactor were mortal enemies.”

“Galactor doesn't have mortal enemies. It has financial alliances. And as my brood were all just killed, I have inherited our complete war chest.”

“So, you’re… rich now?”

“Very.”

“Cool,” I say, trying not to make too big a deal of that. “Cool cool cool.”

He gives me a sidelong look. “Is it not only Galactor who make their alliances along financial lines?”

“Are you accusing me of being some kind of alien money hunter?”

“I’m not accusing you of anything,” he says. “But we do need to make a withdrawal. I’ll have to see if the fabricator can approximate one of our suits which allows us to disguise ourselves as other aliens, and I’ll take you as my pet. So, collar and leash, if you don’t mind.”

“You know I mind.”

“It’s that, or I leave you on the ship. Caged.”

Those are both shitty options, but he just lost his entire family and I’m trying to be nice to him.

“Fine. I’ll wear a collar and leash. Just for you.”

“Thank you.”

“But I won’t like it.”

“That’s fine.”

“I bet it’s fine. I bet you like it more if I don’t like it.”

He narrows his eyes at me, not in anger, but confusion. “What has happened to you that you think I will enjoy it more if you don’t like it?”

“Aliens are sadists.”

He cocks his head at me. “When you say aliens, you of course mean every type of life in the entire universe aside from yourself.”

“Yes.”

He’s smart. Really smart. I don't know why I’m surprised by that. I guess I expected something as big and dangerous as a scythkin wouldn’t have to be that smart. When you can dice anyone who dares oppose you, do you really need to be able to think?

“Have I been cruel to you?”

“I guess not.”

“Maybe I’m not going to start now.”

“Maybe,” I admit. I’m not going to stop being suspicious though. He might be playing the long game. That happens sometimes. He might be trying to earn my trust so he can dash it.

I have to keep reminding myself not to do what humans always do. We hope, but we do something even more dangerous. We fall in love. And love is just a different kind of hope, the hope that someone else will love us back. I don’t know that John the scythkin is capable of love. I think he might only be capable of passion and possession, two things which might approximate love, but do not comprise it.

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