Duanmu Huai gripped his warhammer and stared at the alien woman before him. She was hiding behind Shepard's younger brother, using him as a shield, and watching Duanmu Huai warily. The Systems Alliance soldiers surrounding them were also completely bewildered, instinctively raising their weapons without knowing what to do.
"Inquisitor, please calm down!"
Instead, Shepard's younger brother raised his hand and spoke.
"I know the Inquisition's attitude toward aliens, but no matter what, she did save our lives. If she hadn't saved us, we would probably have already been killed by those strange monsters outside!"
"Perhaps she saved you because she didn't want her prey to die at someone else's hands."
Duanmu Huai did not even look at Shepard's younger brother. He simply stared at the alien woman.
"But no matter how you look at it, we couldn't have held out this long without her help, so... could you spare her life for now?"
"I'm more curious about why the Dark Eldar would come to explore a Space Hulk."
Duanmu Huai completely ignored Shepard's younger brother. He had fully entered professional mode and was staring at the alien before him as he asked coldly.
"She fled here."
However, the one answering Duanmu Huai was not the alien, but Shepard's younger brother.
"She said she was tired of her people's evil way of life, so she fled from her home. Her own kind discovered her along the way and hunted her down, and she wandered here..."
"Heh heh, how interesting. A reformed Dark Eldar? Do you think you're Drizzt? What a joke. If that's really true, I wouldn't mind putting a collar around your neck and locking you in a cage for display. An alien exhibition would surely be very popular."
Duanmu Huai raised his chin and looked contemptuously at the