“After all, it will be the Master’s duty to help you in case you’re injured in the future and to further your evolution, Big Sis.” Lith said. “Yet he has no claim on me or my legacy. He chose me as his heir, not the other way around. Do we have an understanding?”

“We do.” Zoreth finished her teas and offered him both her right hands.

“Good.” Lith shapeshifted into his Indech form and shook them both with his fiery-red hand. “We’d better start immediately. I can’t wait to go back home.”

“Oh, my!” Zoreth held his head in her hands and turned it left and right to observe the Indech’s striking features from different angles. “Now that I see you without the life support liquid and the crystal tank blurring my vision, I have to admit you are much more handsome in this form, Little Brother.”

“Thanks. I can’t help but wonder why you got angry with Bytra when she treated you exactly like you are treating me now.” Lith replied drily as she moved on to pat his muscular arms and chest.

“That’s different! She’s my wife, and she should like me for me.” Zoreth tried to defend her double standards, but her flaming red face now matched Lith’s and exposed her honest thoughts. “You are my little brother, and this is just scientific curiosity.”

“I would believe you, if Kami hadn’t used those same words arranged in a slightly different order to justify her experiments last night.”