[Cain automatically opens his mouth to speak, but finds that his brain hasn't caught up with his impulse to carry on a proper conversation. He closes his mouth again.]
[Under the usual Imperial strategy, this place would be bombarded from space to cleanse it of this xenos taint. Not that Cain particularly wants that to happen while he's still on said planet, but he doesn't particularly want to be here in general, either.]
[Which, of course, means that he has to do everything he can to avoid this "taint," as he understands it in his own galaxy's terms.]
[Even despite his shock and creeping terror, he can sound concerned for her.]
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[Under the usual Imperial strategy, this place would be bombarded from space to cleanse it of this xenos taint. Not that Cain particularly wants that to happen while he's still on said planet, but he doesn't particularly want to be here in general, either.]
[Which, of course, means that he has to do everything he can to avoid this "taint," as he understands it in his own galaxy's terms.]
[Even despite his shock and creeping terror, he can sound concerned for her.]
What happened?