How to keep a human in captivity

Khan saw his mermaid again.

This situation is very similar to when they first met, when his mermaid awkwardly held two seaweed books and tried to start a discussion about the weather.

At that time, they also talked through the glass.

as now.

"It doesn't look like they're making things hard for you," Khan said.

History always repeats itself.

"They want me to keep you company," said Arthur, "or they want me to persuade you."

What will you fight for?

For profit, or, for your companions?

We can make a logical judgment based on this - will the Khan become the leader of the new war?

For the benefit of superhumans, apparently he would.

But what if it was for his companions?

Arthur pulled up a chair and sat down, pretending to be ready for a long talk.

"So, are you all right?"

"That depends on your definition of good." Khan replied blankly, "As you can see, I have lost my freedom."

"Just for a while, I promise you," Arthur replied. "I will help you."

"Is it your mermaid philosophy again?"

"Whatever you say," Arthur replied calmly. "I've been hearing a lot about you lately."

"So you think you can understand me and become my friend?"

"We were originally friends."

"As I said, we're not friends."

"That's family."

"Not counting."

"Companion." Arthur decisively stopped Khan's rebuttal, "Or do you prefer that I use the word couple? They all said that this is more suitable for us."

"Stupid."

"Oh, you admit that our argument was stupid."

"Mermaid." Khan glanced at Arthur with a little surprise in his eyes, "Obviously you seem to have mastered some human conversation skills."

"A gentleman of logic gave me logical advice."

"Oh, Vulcans." Khan nodded, "It's the first time I've heard that Vulcans are an enthusiastic race."

"Don't always distort the goodwill of others."

"Do I have it?"

"You always."

"We're getting off topic again." Khan stopped and adjusted his sitting posture. "Our conversation is completely out of focus."

"Then you treat this as a small talk."

"That's obviously illogical," Khan said. "You must have your purpose."

"Have you read The Little Prince?"

"Famous French children's short story written in 1942 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry," Khan replied. "What do you want to say?"

"Oh, what the fox said makes sense." Arthur stood up, "Besides, our time is over, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

When the mermaid Arthur got up to leave, Khan's tense expression finally became cloudy.

He's sure it's a conspiracy.

The Siren Siren looked at the small building under his feet—is it too late to say that he is a little afraid of heights?

Oh, of course he didn't get into a fight with Marvin.

In fact, Marvin just cleaned him of the dry salt.

We have already said that Marvin is a housekeeping robot. Besides, where are the three major rules of robots? It is absolutely not allowed to harm humans, even though the Siren Siren is a mermaid.

But Marvin's designers clearly didn't want their robot to become a tool of war.

Our Marvin is a very lovely Marvin.

In addition, the sea monster siren's hand means - he grabbed the flying robot at once.

Siren's goal is clear.

Even if Arthur and his humans escape to the sky, he has to catch them back!

So the siren and Marvin made a short-lived pact that they would set off together to find Arthur and Arthur's companions.

Then they staggered off.

The siren clung to Marvin's mechanical arm tightly again!

He swears he seems to have a real fear of heights!

As for Zombie Gillen, when the sea had receded completely, he emerged from a bush, along with another Zombie.

Together, they moved toward the sky at a 45-degree angle of elevation melancholy and dully—starting to be dazed.

Oh this crazy world.

Let our perspective go back to the library.

When Arthur appeared in front of Khan for the second time, the feeling that the other party must be plotting something became more obvious, which made Khan feel annoyed.

"Hey, how are you?"

Arthur's opening remarks were, as usual, uninspiring.

"Set a day so that it is different from other days, and set a time so that it is different from other times. [Note 1]" Khan narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Do you really want to play such a boring game with me?" trick?"

"Oh, you need to know." Arthur learned a lot from his new human friend. "Humans domesticate foxes, and mermen domesticate humans. They do communicate to a certain extent."

Khan finally got angry, and he didn't want to ignore his mermaid at all.

"Want some?" Arthur asked, holding up his teacup.

Khan, of course, ignored him.

But the mermaid Arthur is surprisingly patient, and he will always be patient when dealing with his humans.

He sat down patiently, took a cup of human tea, ate some cookies, and watched The Little Prince.

Then when the time came, he bid farewell to his human beings on time and left.

Four or five days passed like this.

Khan finally lost his temper. After all, he was the one who was locked up, deprived of freedom of movement, and worried about his superhuman career.

Smart people think more and worry more.

And Khan, unfortunately, was a wise man.

"I'm going to talk to them and I can come to an agreement with them."

"But I'm afraid they have no way to talk to you." Arthur said, "They just set off to an asteroid in the Omega galaxy to find ryetalyn as a potion. It seems that the Rigelian epidemic broke out somewhere."

Arthur glanced at the expressions of his own humans, and added another sentence.

"But that doesn't mean the library is unguarded."

Khan's face became cloudy again, and then he said: "I am a super human, different from ordinary humans, we are even more outstanding."

"In what way?"

"In all respects."

"Human beings have their own inescapable shortcomings. They are lazy and selfish. When danger arises, they look to superheroes to save them. They don't like making decisions because it's not safe. They lack the need to make big decisions. Self-confidence, they want to be led more. They like someone to tell them what to do, and then society will be better. And superhumans can build a better world for them, a world without war and crime.”

Khan paused, and then added a sentence with great skill.

"In order to achieve this goal, of course I have to use some necessary means." He did not explicitly mention war, "But peace cannot be achieved overnight, and the same is true for the construction of the world. For this reason, I am willing to make certain compromises. I can reach a certain agreement with Enterprise.”

"I'm a merman." Arthur replied unmoved, "Mermaids don't care about these things."

Then he sits down as usual, drinking tea, eating donuts, reading, oh, and now this is Romeo and Juliet.

These paper books are Sulu's precious collection.

"If you really want to convince me," added Arthur, "you'll have to try something else."

The author has something to say:

I happily returned to the emotional line, and then I realized that this story is almost finished XXXD

Note 1: The dialogue between the little prince and the fox