A week ago, Paige wouldn't have cared what happened to a Terran slave on board the ship. Mostly, Terrans didn't last long on a Ctarl-Ctarl ship...a slave might last longer, but a slave would share the same fate as most Terrans on a Ctarl-Ctarl ship sooner or later. Jim was different than most Terrans. Jim was a genius when it comes to repairing electrical things and he was so darn cute. Paige knew that Jim wouldn't last long, but she wouldn't say that aloud. She had no problems gobbling down Terrans before..but that was before she met Jim. Jim had helped her on several jobs, and the two seemed to get closer and closer with each passing job they got together. Paige picked at her salad, while Trisha returned to the table with a fresh Terran since the one she had was eaten by Miss Sliverpaw.
"Okay, I bet you I can hypotized this Terran" said Trisha, staring into the eyes of the Terran. Paige looked up to see the Terran. The Terran looked to be around 30 or so with dirty blond hair and scars all over his face. The Terran was no doubt one of the pirates from that pirate ship they ran into a week ago. The Terran was wearing clothes, but Trisha was struggling with him as she tried to take his clothes off. Ctarl-Ctarl hate the taste of clothing.
"He looks tough" said Paige. "you might not be able to..."
Suddenly, the Terran grabbed a dagger from his pockets and swiped it at Trisha. Trisha lazily dodged the attack and knocked the dagger awaty from the Terran.
"You settle down!" snapped Trisha to the Terran. "either you become my lunch, or I'll use you as a scratching post"
Paige returned to her salad.
A few Ctarl-Ctarl (about 1 in 10) were vegeterians and didn't eat any kind of meat...including Terrans. The vegeterian Ctarl-Ctarls were large made fun of by the meat-eating Ctarl-Ctarl, but that didn't stop the vegeterians from eating salads and other things that weren't meat. Strictly speaking, a Ctarl-Ctarl is an omnivore, but most Ctarl-Ctarl perfer living meat than anything else. Paige decided to turn vegetarian ever since she met Jim. Salads did taste good, but Paige was beginning to show weakness in that regard...she couldn't deny her craving for raw meat for long.
"Paige" said Trisha. "just forget about Jim, okay? He's a goner, he's nothing but food..he'll add to commander bitch's waistline and.."
"Stop it" growled Paige. "don't call the commander a bitch"
"She IS a bitch" said Trisha.
"Yeah, yeah" said Paige.
"Well, time for my lunch" said Trisha, picking up the Terran in front of her. Paige adverted her eyes. It was then that Paige made a promise to herself; she would save Jim from being gobbled up. She would save all her money and buy Jim from the commander and let Jim. Paige wouldn't eat Jim...she would keep him as a slave, and he'll be safe from adding to anyone's waistlines.