Todd froze and looked to Rogue, frowning and shaking his head ever so slightly to tell her to shut up, but it was no good, she'd already spoken, and the queen's hearing seemed to be just fine.
"What's this?" the queen said, brow furrowing. "Borrow energy?...What sort of human are you?"
"She's...an extraordinary one." Todd butted in.
"She isn't like that troublesome hybrid from some years back is she?" the queen said.
"No my queen, she has no Wraith in her whatsoever I assure you." he said.
"...Explain then."
Todd glanced to Rogue again. If she'd kept quiet they might not have to have had dealt with her exile until they reached Atlantis. But there was no stopping it now it seemed. He launched into a quick tale of how he and Rogue met. The crash, where she came from, her ability, and now her ability to control it. As they were expected in the throne room he cut out the details but he assured her he'd fill her in on them later on.
The queen listened without comment. Eventually she said to Rogue, "My new commander seems to think highly of you...Rogue. But as tempting as the offer is to try this method, I am very weak, and the temptation to take more than what you offer is great. And there's the possibility you might lose control and attack me." she turned to Todd. "I will wait for an actual human. We are wanted in the throne room."
The commander was glad the queen was more clever than he'd originally given her credit for. Not only for Rogue's sake but as well as her own. He threw his human a pointed look to not to offer herself like that again...or speak at all unless spoken to.
As they headed down to the throne room, he now had to come up with a way to get hold of a human for the queen to feed on, possibly more than one as she seemed to have sustained her injuries for some time. Atlantis wouldn't like it, but they already knew the queens were still on their original diet. Once she took the gene therapy-if it worked-she'd not need to feed again, and he very much doubted she'd want to live blind and scarred like this forever more. Once they were on their way again, they'd be passing a planet with a Stargate in orbit, and he got an idea of how to feed his new queen.
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"What's this?" the queen said, brow furrowing. "Borrow energy?...What sort of human are you?"
"She's...an extraordinary one." Todd butted in.
"She isn't like that troublesome hybrid from some years back is she?" the queen said.
"No my queen, she has no Wraith in her whatsoever I assure you." he said.
"...Explain then."
Todd glanced to Rogue again. If she'd kept quiet they might not have to have had dealt with her exile until they reached Atlantis. But there was no stopping it now it seemed. He launched into a quick tale of how he and Rogue met. The crash, where she came from, her ability, and now her ability to control it. As they were expected in the throne room he cut out the details but he assured her he'd fill her in on them later on.
The queen listened without comment. Eventually she said to Rogue, "My new commander seems to think highly of you...Rogue. But as tempting as the offer is to try this method, I am very weak, and the temptation to take more than what you offer is great. And there's the possibility you might lose control and attack me." she turned to Todd. "I will wait for an actual human. We are wanted in the throne room."
The commander was glad the queen was more clever than he'd originally given her credit for. Not only for Rogue's sake but as well as her own. He threw his human a pointed look to not to offer herself like that again...or speak at all unless spoken to.
As they headed down to the throne room, he now had to come up with a way to get hold of a human for the queen to feed on, possibly more than one as she seemed to have sustained her injuries for some time. Atlantis wouldn't like it, but they already knew the queens were still on their original diet. Once she took the gene therapy-if it worked-she'd not need to feed again, and he very much doubted she'd want to live blind and scarred like this forever more. Once they were on their way again, they'd be passing a planet with a Stargate in orbit, and he got an idea of how to feed his new queen.