There is no way out. We have seen to it. The "rat" enters the complex, and the way is sealed. My natural weapons exceed theirs to a laughable degree. The comparison to rats is not inapt; enough of them, perhaps, or a singularly lucky blow might enable them to turn the odds, but otherwise, the outcome is assured. We know it, and they know it.
And yet they fight. When they are at last cornered, they turn and fight. My hunter-brothers sing of it.
I hate it.
Tonight my prey will die quickly. It is all I can give them.
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Sounds like one of the Hirogen from Star Trek: Voyager.
Sounds to me like our cat, only our cat lacks even that much of a conscience.
I was specifically thinking of cats; the idea of cats as pets despite their utterly predatory nature is one of my recurring fascinations. (There've been several flitterfics about it, with my favorite still being "Obligate Carnivore.") Part of it's just the way they must eat meat and very little else, unlike most of our other companion animals.
On the other hand, I wrote this one with more of an overt aliens-vs-humans vibe, so maybe Jim is right after all. ;-) Never was able to get into Voyager, though, for some reason. TNG will always be my favorite, though I have a vague resolution to someday watch through DS9, which I have heard got very good by the end.
I've watched every Star Trek episode in every incarnation and most - even Voyager - more than once. The great thing about Deep Space 9 was that once it got its act together it had the balls to go for long story arcs which usually kills off most decent programmes. Luckily DS9 survived and viewed as a complete entity is probably the best of them all, certainly the darkest. Now just imagine if they did a Battlestar Gallactica-style makeover on it. Will never happen but one should never say never.
I remember being very excited when Voyager was announced, having seen most-to-all of the TNG episodes on two-per-day reruns on Paramount afternoons, but when it actually came out, I lost interest after three or four episodes. (Mostly because the first episodes were literally all the same plot: Crew encounters an "anomaly" in space. Crew attempts to exploit anomaly to speed their return. Weirdness ensues. The end.)
I wonder if DS9 is on Netflix Instant Queue...
Alas, it isn't.
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