I rushed to my room and slept like a log. It was a single room with a view of nothing at all and I had insisted on not having a window or several neighbours.

Even World wondered why such modesty. I didn't do anything extra. I was showing my slave status without instilling any doubts.

I began to recognize the singing of his voice when he was satisfied. That was the case now.

Nothing stood in the way of his acquiring Artemis Corp.

He then released to motivate me the parents of Bulle and Splash.

They settled in the Great Lakes in Chicago and were the first dragons to be emancipated on the condition that they worked and had a salary. They worked for a deep-sea wreck recovery company. They had a diploma as scrap metal technicians and had to find, secure and ballast sunken ships and wrecks in deep water. Their main clients were insurance companies who were trying to recover what was lost, find sentimental objects and drowned people waiting for burial.

Never in the history of mankind had the couple been offered so many job offers.

Of course, an underwater cave was out of the question. Once comfort, always comfort. Holo TV, submerged and semi-submerged living room and elevating floor to keep friends dry.

Great comfort and everything in their size. They had also bought incubators, had a lawyer's office for their defense but they still had an obligation once a month of a sanitary counterpole and a paparazzi session and visit to "integrate and make the world discover dragons. They also had the obligation to give birth to children to save their race and they were forbidden to take unnecessary risks. Especially at work. The health visits were still important to allow the veterinarians to know a little more about their species and in return, in case of illness or injury, to guarantee access to free care for them.

Of course, they were subject to the law like any other citizen and there was no question of blowing, biting or scratching anyone. People were considered by the law to be weak citizens compared to a dragon. Basically, in case of an argument, the dragon is wrong by default. It's up to him to prove his innocence. That's why they were welcoming paparazzi as witnesses in their defense just in case.

While I was at Artemis, I was scared and had migraines. And when I fell asleep I heard:

"♪ Vermiithraaaxa ♫ Where are youuu? ♪ I'm coming sooooon ♫

GROAAAR

"Ah, I wake up sweating, what a nightmare!

What a catastrophe.

I squeezed my manacom, I needed to talk to Mandrake...

-"MAndrake, Mandrake, it's me, I'm scared! I can hear her coming! She's coming for me! What should I do?"

-"Vermitraxa, what have you been doing lately?"

"J'.

"I have."

"I killed! I had to! I had to! I was forced to kill, the lives of my people, of my family, against the murder of hunters who tried to kill me and unfortunately I killed innocent people in a harbour. I had to kill a person who did nothing to me but was going to send us all to the slaughterhouse. I have my conscience torn apart. I don't know what to do anymore. I love people but now I hate them. I hate humanity more and more. I don't believe in it anymore."

CRIES

GROANS

Chuck: "Ah!"

Me!

Mandrake, after a long sigh resumed the speech:

- "My child, the fact that you're crying and telling me about it proves that you still have the soul and heart of a child. I see that you are suffering. You are a slave and you do things against nature. Basically, you're being violated spiritually.

The dead and the innocent, it is impossible to repair but you are still alive and life still allows you, not to forgive you but to redeem you. You will have the opportunity if you stay alive to be able to save even more life than you took. And when you manage to exceed the number of those you have saved compared to those you have taken, you will see, your soul will be appeased. Pray for the innocent and wish them a better life. Pray for yourself and for those you protect.

I know you are full of love. You could have hid and waited for the storm to pass and got away with it, but you showed courage.

I still have one good news and one bad news to take for good or ill.

The good news is that everyone wants you back. I've taken power and Hydra will feed us and protect the dragons. This world is waiting for you. But the other news is about your nightmares. The more bad things you do, the closer you get to your mother. The opposite is possible. Meditate on what I've just told you."

I was tired and needed to forget, anything and Trevis brought me what I needed and I ended up sleeping naked in his arms, my head empty from our sexual intercourse.

Meanwhile, on the Bulava:

"Daddy? Daddy, you're cold! You're not moving! DADDAD???

HELP! SOMEONE!

Metanovae panicked and shook the submarine then a screen came down from the ceiling and the digitized face turned black and green and Gram or Graham (long) Zola appeared on the screen.

Sweetheart, I had to tell you that too.

We have something in common, you and me. We've been through death!

I hope it heals your wounds, sweetie, sweetie.

You see, I'm way past my life expectancy. I've been dead for 200 years now. I always loved and considered you my daughter. I recovered the marrow samples I had frozen from you and your mommy as I did for Ignar. You're stronger, smarter and kinder than he is. He is my son and I love him too, but you are my most beautiful creation.

Your mother, was not a human like I made Ignar believe, who doesn't have the intellectual capacity to conceive metaphysics. Your mother was an engineer, an architect of the universe... She was a Titan, a child of Prometheus. But she is, has been and always will be. He had to eradicate mankind to evolve with mutagen. You're a super dragon, a hybrid between a titan and my genes. So you're my 100% daughter. Vermithraxa is also in your family. She comes straight from between the titan and Ignar. She's your half sister and your niece. She inherited her mother's powers just like you.

I'm going to reinject your original marrow and what's left of my frozen marrow sample. You should regain your persistence in this world, your consistency, basically you'll get your real life back. This is painful and I suggest you sleep in a coma for the duration of the trip because it will burn like a bonfire. We need to erase the paradox that you're trapped in. "By being truly alive and not in a state of shock, you can regain your freedom and free will."

"Thank you, Daddy, thank you, thank you! "And she licked the monitor. Her daddy being the ship itself.

The body being a well-made android puppet.

Meta then carefully straightened Zola up and bent down for the doctors to begin the operation to save her cells.

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There were 15 of us again, mostly recruits made by Mr. Kim, who was very alert to me. He was as suspicious as the plague and his sense of humor almost non-existent.

Basically the humor of a banknote.

We gathered at the hotel reception and a minibus came to pick us up.

We then arrived at a spatio port and boarded a shuttle that flew to the tropical part of the planet. close to the Jurassic part.

We then arrived at a platform and settled in a small hut located on the canopy.

There were five huts, so three per hut. I was with Trevis and an acquaintance of his.

Soon the attacks and surprises felt like a poisonous spider trap thrown at your feet.

In the picture it is still small. This typical Cuban species can reach the size of a rabbit.

One of the candidates had to be rushed to an emergency ward for a spearhead snake bite.

Highly toxic and lightning fast. It looks like an "innofensive" Morelia whose bit can be deep and painfull. But we are on Artemis and all can be genetically modified to kill or invalidate.

The environment was saturated with humidity, which was not to displease me.

Kim: You don't seem affected by the outside temperature. What's your secret, Eva?"

"Sports, sports and sex!"

Kim looked upset.

The progression was becoming more and more dangerous.