Jin surged to her feet and staggered drunkenly. She slurred out,"Swhere's Toxic? What the....oh...shit!" The City Police guards hefted their rifles and one shouted,"FREEZE!" One of them asked,"How can she STAND?" One of the blue armored officers, ordered her,"SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN! We are authorized to use lethal force if you don't comply!" Jin looked at the cyborganic robot named Thistledown. He looked at her and said quietly,"I'd advise doing what they say. Please sit down, Jin" She sat down heavily on the sofa. Thistledown stroked his daughter's hair, as she stirred in her sleep, and looked back at Jin, who fought to remain awake. He remarked,"It's quite amazing that you aren't unconscious. They pumped enough Soma into the air to drop a herd of Throndodonts in their tracks. They then injected you and Toxic with something, and took her away." Jin gripped the sofa arm and stared around in roiling, fuzzy anger and asked Thistledown, "WHO? Who dunnit? Lousy bastastiches...sonnof...crap. can't think." Thistledown said,"Off topic-- you and my daughter did share a Simulated Non-Actual Real experience. I was monitoring her mind when she started up a huge wireless download while laying in my lap." Jin shouted, "WHERE'S MY GIRL, GODDAMMIT?" Thistledown said solemnly, "Toxic was taken away by the Royal Bodyguard. The King of Novo Paradisio, Salva, and the Bounty hunter, Jaffa Rajaf and a dozen bodyguards came in after the room was gassed. I believe the king might be obsessed with your daughter, Toxic." Jin wept silently and drawled out drunkenly,"Sssnot my daughter....I love my little girl. Toxic's like an orphan, y'know? Needed someone to take care of her! The girl don't have no good sense. Loves everybody. Loved me. Even Blighted! If that bastitarded sonof a bitchuuuurooo touches her, I KILL his penis offa his...", Jin passed back out and fell off of the sofa to land face down on the floor. Thistledown watched one of the police heft Jin back up onto the sofa and hand-cuff her. With another pair of cuffs in his hands, he took one step toward the sleeping form of BlueBell, laying across her father's lap. Thistledown said loudly, "ANY human that touches my daughter without my permission will die! I could kill everyone of you without fear of damaging myself or my daughter. However--I am an ambassador of the Cyclops Commonwealth. Jin may not have any rights in your eyes, but I have the rights given me by strength. Do NOT start a fight with someone that can end it at THEIR will." "Robots are without any rights here." The officer said it while being stock-still. Thistledown could read the terror in his voice. Thistledown said quietly,"We are, at present. tentative allies. Do NOT unite my species, by one stupid act. We have OTHER enemies to worry about. Did any of you lose friends or family to the alien attacks?" One of the police said choked up, "My brother was killed last night. The robo--the AMBASSADOR is right. We don't need to cuff the android." The police officers backed away and stayed on alert. Thistledown watched them in the windows reflections. He stroked his daughter's hair and thought about of direct interfacing to her brain. He thought that would be to much. He monitored her brain activity through a narrow wireless contact link. He scrolled through the wifi channels and decided to place a phone-call. After a moment, Princess Safira picked up. Thistledown said,"Princess, this is the Cyclops Ambassador. I'm afraid we have a situation...." --TO BE CONTINUED!--