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on the planet below, but it was the Chamra who recognized the alteration in the data streams just before that.
    “The Hamoriti is waking!” the cyborg yelled at the Chixzon, but then his attention quickly went to the Trinx. “Stop this insanity now. You have no power over them!”
    “Do not risk this for a demonstration,” the Yisv implored. “Do not, please. We cannot remain here if it wakes.”
    Riley said nothing. He simply looked towards the Sety, and then the Trinx, locking eyes with his holographic image as the data feeds from the planet continued to grow more erratic. It wasn’t until an image of Bahamut twitching in his slumber did the Sety relent.
    “Stop this. We cannot risk this one releasing. If you can capture the rogue it will remain under your control so long as you do not misuse it.”
    “Thank you,” Riley said, with only a little sarcasm slipping through as he kept his eyes on the Trinx.
    “We still have personnel on the ground,” the Trinx stubbornly pointed out. “Would you kill them to make a point?”
    “They have time to run if they get moving now,” Riley offered. “We’re not waking him up fast.”
    “No. They will remain there. If you are truly intent on releasing this Hamoriti, you will have to kill them to do so…and if you do you will prove yourselves unworthy to be their custodian.”
    “Are you mad?” the Chamra said before the Yisv could figure out which curse to utter. “By that logic you are unfit for custodianship.”
    “Sacrifices must be made,” the Trinx said stubbornly. “And if we must oppose them we must learn of it now. The personnel will not be removed.”
    “It’s not just your people down there.”
    “Then get them out,” Riley interrupted. “You have time. Do not waste it arguing here.”
    “Do not do this…please,” the Yisv said, then when no one appeared to balk it shook its head firmly. “We must leave orbit. See sanity, I beg you.”
    The hologram of the Yisv cut out, and on the battlemap Riley saw every last one of their ships break formation and accelerate hard towards the stellar jump point to get out of telepathic range before the Uriti’s aura could intensify further.

 
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    “What do you seek to accomplish by this?” the Chamra asked.
    “To get straight who is in command here,” Riley said icily. “We will end this threat you have been diligently countering, but we will do it our way.”
    “You cannot do this,” the Bpret implored. “We cannot let another one loose.”
    “We can control it.”
    “You think . You do not know for sure. Test your theory on the rogue, not the sleeper below!”
    “Save your words,” the Trinx said viciously. “It is our responsibility to safeguard the Hamoriti, and the Trinx will not let this one be awoken, no matter what the sacrifice necessary.”
    “We have no control,” the Dati argued. “That is the point he is trying to make.”
    “We have one other recourse, and I believe it is time we took it. Relinquish control of the Hamoriti to us, or we will take it from you.”
    “Try it,” Riley dared.
    The Trinx turned to the others. “They are implacable. If what they have told us is the truth, then they have only one who is able to wake the Hamoriti. Eliminate him and the threat is removed.”
    “He is our only hope of a solution,” the Chamra angrily argued. “Have you gone mad?”
    “We are wasting time. This Hamoriti cannot be allowed to rise. Do your duty,” the Trinx said, cutting his comm signal as their fleet suddenly began to reposition and head towards the Star Force formation.
    “He does not speak for us,” the Chamra stated for the rest of them.
    “I know,” Riley said evenly. “They’ve put their ego as a higher priority to containing the Uriti. I hope that’s clear now.”
    “It is,” the Dati said quickly. “Please, there is no need to wake it further.”
    Paul…
    I got it, don’t worry.
    “Stay out of this and we’ll not hold you accountable,”