Paige and Connie were off playing in the water about 30 feet away from the wharf. Jim had caught no fish, and Millie didn't catch any fish either. Paige and Connie must've scared away all the fish. Oh well. Millie was looking forward to a meal that was bigger than a fish. The little Terran that was named Jim seemed to know a lot about Ctarl-Ctarls. Millie was amazed that Aisha hadn't eaten the little Terran boy on the spot.
"....and Aisha got toasted by that blast" Jim was saying, recalling the time when someone named Shimi wanted to fight Gene. "I was afraid she might be dead...I thought I was going to die too..."
'Does he really care about Aisha?' wondered Millie to herself. 'why would any Terran care about us Ctarl-Ctarls?'
"So..." said Jim, after a long pause. "Aisha never mentioned you or her family before"
"She told us all about you and Gene Starwind" said Millie. "as a felon of the Empire, Aisha should've eaten you and Gene"
"Oh.." said Jim, who was getting uncomfortable. Millie kept giving him that predatory look. "why do Ctarl-Ctarls eat Terrans?"
Millie didn't answer, as a tug came from her fishing line. She whooped and tried to pull in the fish at the end of the line. In a few minutes, Millie pulled out a giggling Connie at the end of the line. Paige was nearby, also giggling.
"You little brat!" yelled Millie.
"Give her a break" said Jim. "she's only a kid"
'And you're only a snack' thought Millie. "Hey, listen...those two have scared all the fish away from us...I know a place where we might catch some fish"
"Millie..." said Paige from the shore. "you know the rules. We don't eat our guests"
"Don't worry" said Millie. "I'm not gonna eat him"
Jim really didn't want to go anywhere with Millie. He didn't trust her. Sure, she looked friendly enough...but deep down, Jim didn't trust her one bit. If Millie tried to eat him, he didn't have any guns to fight back.
"Come on" said Millie. "you can trust me"


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John was in BIG trouble now. He knew he was done for when that Ctarl-Ctarl chased him down and catched him. He knew it would be useless to fight while he was going down the throat of the heartless beast. But...the Ctarl-Ctarl said that it didn't eat Terrans. Was that a clever ploy to lure him into a false sense of security? Well...it wouldn't work. John knew the truth; all Ctarl-Ctarls were people-eating monsters and he had been foolish to go to the homeworld of these heartless beasts.
John and the Ctarl-Ctarl--who said her name was Yolanda Blimblim--was on her ship. Yolanda's ship was a small cargo ship, half the size of the starcruiser that John was on earlier. The ship had a crew of one; Yolanda herself. John had been waiting in a spare room of Yolanda's ship. John hadn't spoken to Yolanda as yet...despite the fact that Yolanda tried to be friendly with him. Yolanda was just waiting for the right moment to strike...like the cats back on Terra.
Yolanda walked into the room where John was in. She was carrying a tray of what looked like meatloaf and patatoes. John was hungry, but he knew what Yolanda was up to; she wanted him to fatten up!
"You must be hungry" said Yolanda in a kind voice as she slid the tray onto the table in front of John. John didn't touch the food, and backed away from Yolanda.
"I told you, kid" said Yolanda. "I don't eat Terrans"
"..." John said nothing.
"Believe me, please" said Yolanda.
Again, John said nothing.
Yolanda sighed.