Chapter 160: - The Difference of two Creeds

"Now, I could easily just tell you that we don't use it because it is a dead term to us, and that we do not wish to associate with the Shenia in any way, but that single sentence doesn't really convey the whole truth of why we are so different to them. To do that, we need to go right back to our roots, so that you can understand how they have corrupted our very nature. Tell me, human. Do you know anything about us?"

"Gus. Call me Gus."

"Verodinar," the Obera responded.

"You lived in trees until you became able to hunt the things on the floor of your world, then you invented interplanetary travel to hunt stronger things? Is that the gist of it?"

"An oversimplification, one I have no doubt was derived from a simple telling. As a race, we were known as the mizanku, named after the God King Mizanaro. We were, and still are, bestowed gifts courtesy of his servants."

"Servants?"