
He’s a zicther-an animal native to my home world, Rageron.” “Rageron?” Liv frowned, wondering why the name of his home planet evoked strange images in her head. “Bebo? What the hell is a Bebo?” Liv demanded, still keeping her distance from the bright blue teddy bear which was eyeing her mistrustfully. It’s just…I can’t believe you were scared of Bebo.” Baird laughed again. “Would you mind telling me what’s so damn funny?” “I’m sorry, Olivia. It was a deep, rumbling noise that came from the bottom of his chest and it might have been nice to hear if it wasn’t so obviously directed at her. Then, to her dismay, Baird began to laugh. She waited breathlessly for the murderous teddy bear to attack but nothing happened. Liv couldn’t help noticing he moved with incredible speed for such a large man.

“Where?” He turned at once, putting himself between her and the perceived threat. But then it opened its mouth and it had these long, sharp-Omigod! There it is!” She pointed behind Baird where the bright blue teddy bear had suddenly appeared.

“At first I thought it was cute and tried to pet it. “It was this little fuzzy blue thing that came at me when I was in the kitchen-what you called the food-prep area,” she clarified, seeing his confusion. Apparently the Kindred weren’t big into stuffed animals. “What did you say was chasing you?” Liz sighed in frustration.
