SWNOVELS Chapter 7.
7. With lad and lass, how fair the show!
Some of the Ghosts found that a few Patlanis were empty…and one or two were missing from the group of delinquent Patlanis whose cloned crews gather in orbit about the planet with the mysterious door.
The only explanation was that these missing clones took a Patlani and without teleporting through Time/Space navigated their way to the planet below or another habitable planet. The Ghosts continued to place wooden crates containing the delegation of the Kamazotz Nation.
This went on with some success only about four or five of the delinquent Patlanis were empty. Somewhere at about sixty or seventy Patlanis, Coatlicue was making a delivery and just as she found herself putting the wooden crate down, the crew of the Patlani jumped through Time/Space. Although she is an Aztec Ghost and would be able to guide the Patlani through Time/Space correctly, she was unprepared and this errant Patlani and its crew created another clone of the crew and Patlani…ripping a larger whole in Time/Space. The Chupacabra was also cloned. But the Aztec Ghost known as Coatlicue and her human host was not exactly cloned but Tamara Olsen was cloned and the Aztec Ghost symbiote remained with the original host.
And like something a husband and wife might say at the birth of their children out of appreciation for their love and beauty but not mere vanity…the world became a more beautiful place at the birth of their children. That might be something people have thought when Tamara Olsen was cloned. Original with her Aztec Ghost and the clone without…
And some might say that ‘The Hunter’s’ heart was torn in two…
The original Patlani and its crew went nowhere but upon attempting to teleport through Time/Space, the cloned Patlani, crew, Chupacabra in the wooden case, and Tamara Olsen found themselves at their intended destination…and Tamara knowing what had happened opened the wooden crate so the representative of the Kamazotz Nation could have a snack and after that spend some quality time by himself to floss, and clean the human blood off his skin and what passed for a fur coat. The Kamazotz species is mostly hairless but around and on their heads are patches of fur and a bit about their wrists or anywhere on their bodies that didn’t hinder their aerodynamics.
Coatlicue did the same as her cloned counterpart except for she teleported back through Time/Space to the Sword and the representative from the Kamazotz nation did nearly the same as his cloned counterpart except for beginning his meal with Tamara Olsen as Coatlicue and her human host teleported back to their Patlani.
And all the thoughts about what a cloned Tamara Olsen’s life meant to the creation of a more beautiful world because of her beauty, kind heart, and good nature. Remembering that she was one of the Ghosts who volunteered for the Aztec Ghost possession before everything was understood about the nature of the Aztec Ghosts and their nature of being very selective due to the ease with which their power might be abused and the damage that might cause…
Coatlicue transformed into Tamara as she adjusted herself to being on the Sword and put her left hand into the pocket where she kept her Rosary beads. This was a reminder to the human why she was chosen and to Ghost why choosing such a human preserved sentient life throughout the universe. Having the power to teleport in Time/Space but needing to feed on animal or human life needed to be kept in check by the goodwill and conscience of pious humans.