Caleb felt his body shake with anger. "So we're just experiments to you?" he spat, his eyes burning into Jeremiah's. "Just creatures to toy with and observe. We're humans, too!"
"Of course, we realise that," Jeremiah said calmly, not fazed by Caleb's aggression. "But your people posed as a threat to ours, and we couldn't allow that."
"But that violence you mentioned hasn't been an issue during my lifetime, so why only let the twins back just because they don't have tattoos?"
"We have to be careful," Jeremiah explained. Then he blinked, as if just realising something. "I never asked, what's your name?"
"Why do you care?" Caleb growled, glaring at him.
"I'm just being polite," Jeremiah sighed.
"Caleb. My name is Caleb."
"So, Caleb, you would like the be readmitted into our society?"
"No," Caleb spat. "I want you to release the twins."
"I'm going to assume that if we release you and not the twins, you will just attempt to attack us again?" Caleb said nothing and merely glared at the leader. "Very well." Jeremiah turned to the man holding Tanya. "Take her to jail and leave her in a cell until further notice."
Tanya began to panic and Caleb immediately struggled against the ropes. "DON'T YOU DARE TAKE HER ANYWHERE," he bellowed, but Jeremiah raised a hand calmly to indicate silence.
"This is just temporary while I speak to you," he explained. "She can relax in there."
"Speak to me about what?" Caleb snarled.
Jeremiah smiled and spread his arms. "I'm going to explain to you why you should allow the twins to remain here."
"Of course, we realise that," Jeremiah said calmly, not fazed by Caleb's aggression. "But your people posed as a threat to ours, and we couldn't allow that."
"But that violence you mentioned hasn't been an issue during my lifetime, so why only let the twins back just because they don't have tattoos?"
"We have to be careful," Jeremiah explained. Then he blinked, as if just realising something. "I never asked, what's your name?"
"Why do you care?" Caleb growled, glaring at him.
"I'm just being polite," Jeremiah sighed.
"Caleb. My name is Caleb."
"So, Caleb, you would like the be readmitted into our society?"
"No," Caleb spat. "I want you to release the twins."
"I'm going to assume that if we release you and not the twins, you will just attempt to attack us again?" Caleb said nothing and merely glared at the leader. "Very well." Jeremiah turned to the man holding Tanya. "Take her to jail and leave her in a cell until further notice."
Tanya began to panic and Caleb immediately struggled against the ropes. "DON'T YOU DARE TAKE HER ANYWHERE," he bellowed, but Jeremiah raised a hand calmly to indicate silence.
"This is just temporary while I speak to you," he explained. "She can relax in there."
"Speak to me about what?" Caleb snarled.
Jeremiah smiled and spread his arms. "I'm going to explain to you why you should allow the twins to remain here."
