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Click here"Lead you to question what?"
She turned to face him, the look on her face almost pleading. "Who am I?"
"Who..." Eric paused, a little confused. "I'm not quite sure I understand. You told me your name...Kita'thalla Oreth...sorry, I don't remember the rest."
She shook her head "I know what my name is. That's not what I asked." seeing his confusion, she gritted her teeth, a look of frustration crossing her face. "Look" she said, her voice trembling. "You know what my name is. You know what it means. You know what I've done to earn that name. Our people are at war. Every bit of logic says that I should be trying to kill you like I tried when we first got here. Every bit of logic says you should use that pistol to shoot me dead. To shoot me like you should have on that first day."
Eric had taken a few uneasy steps backward by this point, barely managing not to stumble as he bumped into the rock ledge and balanced his weight with the crutch. "But I didn't" he said, finally finding his voice. "And I'm happy that I didn't."
"I KNOW!" she practically yelled at him, almost frantically. "And I'm happy that I failed all the times I tried to end you. But why?!" she stopped for a moment, catching her breath. "If everything I said is true, then why am I happy that I failed? Why are you able to treat me the way you do? If I'm the infamous Chas'kaa Kita'thalla, then why am I not trying to drown you instead of asking you for help? Doesn't that make the last 20 ket meaningless to me? If that's who I am...." she stopped, swallowing to get rid of a lump that suddenly formed in her throat. "Doesn't that mean..." she said shakily, a trace of fear entering her voice. "Doesn't that mean you should be afraid of me? That you should hate me?"
Eric shook his head slowly. "I don't hate you. And I'm not afraid of you either"
Kita looked straight at him, her golden eyes barely holding back tears. "But...why?"
"Because." Eric replied. "Who you are is not just a simple matter of what you've done as part of your past. People are complex. There's the person we perceive ourselves to be, in addition to the person that everyone around us sees. More often than not, the truth is a combination of both." He met her gaze. "Kita, I know that you're a soldier. You followed orders, which meant doing terrible things sometimes. There are plenty on my side that I knew who did the same things against your people, so I can't hate you for that. I know that for a long time, the military was all you knew, so its a large part of you certainly. But remember...prior to that, you were someone else, right? You weren't always a soldier"
Kita nodded.
"That part, although it may be a long time ago, is still a part of you. Even your name, the very first part, it was given to you before you became Chas'kaa Kita'thalla. So if things that happened before can be a part of your person, so can things that happen afterward. I'm not afraid, because in the short time I've known you you made the decision to be someone else other than Chas'kaa Kita'thalla. Maybe that someone else is a part of you that always existed, and you just pushed it aside when duty called. At least, that's my perception of you. You can decide just how much of that is part of the real you."
For a few moments, the only audible sound was the running of the river. Kita took a few breaths, visibly calming down a little. "I see" she looked down into the water. Her reflection stared back at her. She nodded. "I think I understand. You still haven't answered my question, though..." she looked back up at him. "perhaps I should ask a slightly different one then."
"Which is?" Eric asked.
"If I'm not Chas'kaa Kita'thalla... then who am I to you?" she asked.
Eric thought for a moment, then shrugged. "To me...you're just Kita, someone who is far more than she appears."
A decision appeared to make itself behind her eyes, and she nodded. Reaching out, she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you." she said, though she was still trembling.
Eric smiled. "You're..."
He was cut off short as Kita's other hand came up around the back of his head and pulled him into a deep kiss.
Yes, I can almost hear the audible scream of anguish from that cliffhanger. Trust me when I say that I wish I could give more, but I didn't want to delay anymore, and that was really the only good place for a break. I don't intend to disappear again, so you should hear soon from me. I meant it when I said that I would finish this.
On another matter. I'm absolutely stunned at the support you've given me...the fanart, and even a fake movie trailer. I'm beginning to take the idea of publishing this very seriously. It would be beyond my wildest dreams to get this published as a novel, a manga, or even a movie. The unfortunate thing with that is that I may then have to take down the story here, and if that would mean losing readers, I'm not sure that's what I want to do. So I want to know what you guys would want me to do.
Thank you again for all your support, and hopefully we'll get things rolling again.
No, no – please don’t deprive your loyal readers.
In the final analysis, it just won’t matter if you leave the story of here. It won’t affect your other activities at all.
What cliff hangers?
It was obvious there would be another alien introduced, it was obvious there would be a struggle of some kind. Although your solution for him taking so long to reveal himself without killing Eric first was flawed at best.
These two getting together is the reason for the story in the first place...
What cliffhangers.
I would like you to continue the story in writing or if you had continued the story somewhere else, please tell us where. Needless to say. I have enjoy it.
Second time trying read this story or picking up where quit before. Hard to read about such an idiot and coward. Sure he tried to fight the dude but he want say anything about what he wants or feels. He just stutters and repeats what she says over and over. Stranded and alone it doesn’t matter what he does. No reason to be nervous. Mostly crap like she says she questions who she is and he says but your name is Kita’thalla. Story is full of him being dumb like that and I don’t understand what you are trying to do with it, as far as writing.
If it's still relevant, you can publish without taking down an online preexisting version of a story. You could also work on it further so thaf the difference is significant. Obviously I'm years late to be making this comment, but I am enoying the story immensely.
I want more from ya chapter wise ,they mate she has mixed Cubs they are found by her race first or his.
Well i for are very happy you didn't do anything else with it yet as I would've missed it all. I've been reading this as a marathon today.
Thank you very much and I guess now on to the finale
She is an alien feline species. She is not only an advanced alien species, she's also genetically modified. What makes you think she has the eyesight of a common cat?
Btw, human eyesight is actually much better than cats'. We see more clear, more colors, more details, and we can see from as far as 5 to 10 times away.
You DO love us! Thank you for continuing to tell your most wonderful tale!
Chapter 14 has been submitted for publishing. Finally.
Sorry for the wait, and thank you for being wonderful followers.
"I don't intend to disappear again, so you should hear soon from me. I meant it when I said that I would finish this." - 4 years ago
Your youtube account that you used to comment on the fake trailer is gone, and you've been inactive for close to half a decade. At this point the story comes secondary, are you alive?
I loved this story so much from the pacing to their interactions. Please finish this or publish it. If you publish it I will buy a copy my self just don't let this die off.
i can honestly say this is along the lines of cornilia funke and erin hunter. nowadays its so hard for a book to grab my attention and hold it to draw me into the story to finish it and still have the need/want to return to the world the words you used as your brush to paint the canvas that is my mind. please continue to bring this world of yours to life! and if you ever want to chat, here's my gmail, bambam5wolf.
Is there anything quite like this? I really dig this, and I wanted to like the savage shore series but I couldn't get past the excessive weird naming and really passive female character. We need more novella thingies like this with a good balance between strong female characters and male characters