Metal and Skin

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Kai POV
The final screen flickered to life. A lady with her face covered motioned for the people around her to sit. She gracefully lowered herself into the throne.

"Thank you Princess Selene for allowing your presence." President Vargas said. The lady's attention was adverted to him.

"I would like to thank you for allowing me here despite our, shall we say, unfortunate past... Dealings." I shut my eyes as she said what I feared would be brought up.

"Your Majesty.." I began, only to be interrupted by Torin.
"Please Emperor. I believe I can word this more properly than you." He said.
I inclined my head "If you wish to do so."

Torin gave me a quick approving glance. "Your majesty. I believe I can safely speak for everyone present," He waited for each leader's nod "We would like to formally apologize for our ignorance to your true identity and our unfair treatment to your kind. We were too quick to judge you and would also like to deeply apologize for many many more things. I, and all of planet Earth, beg your forgiveness as we now rely on you for so much."

I wish I could see Cinder's expression. I so badly wanted to speak with her. I want to know if she is still the kind little mechanic that I met, or if that side of her was all just a glamour. Would she be like her terrible Aunt Levena?

Cinder looked at Thorne. He raised his left eyebrow at her. A huge pulse of jealousy exploded inside of me. It felt the same as when I first saw the picture of Carswell winking towards the camera in his mug shot. It had eaten at me to know that they were alone, together inside a spaceship somewhere. I forced my emotions down into my gut. Cinder's head turned back to the screen.

"How charming. I would love to be furious with you," Torin intakes a quick breath. "But I suppose I cant. I accept your apology Konn Torin, and wish to have a, hopefully, successful discussion with you."
Since when is she so formal? I wonder to myself.

"Welcome Princess Selene. It shall be rather nice to have another lady along side me." Queen Camilla said with a smile.

"Please, if you must use my name, you may call me just Selene during private things like this." Cinder insisted.

Queen Camilla smiled. "Thank you. And you may call me Camilla."
They exchanged a nod.

"Now, to more important matters," Prime Minister Kamin pressured.

"Of course. My apologies." said Cinder.

I finally felt it was the right time to speak "I believe that Earth is making considerable progress regarding reconstruction and disease control. The Eastern Commonwealth does currently have a shortage of Letumosis antidotes.
Selene nodded. "I am aware of that."

The mysterious man in the back stepped forward. He was not wearing a veil, but his face was somehow still concealed. "My research team has developed an injection for the disease so it can more easily be given to patients. All Earthens should be injected once every two years. Lunars can be injected once every five years."

"Lunars? Arent Lunars immune to the plague?" Governor-General Williams asked.

The man stayed silent. Cress stood up and took his arm into hers. "Excuse us please." The man paused and bowed to the Princess.

"Please dont bow to me." Cinder requests kindly.

"But your majesty, I-" He started.

"That's an order." Cinder says firmly.

The two of them scurried out.

Scarlet stood up "To answer your question, there seems to be a line of the disease that can also infect Lunars. We are not positive that the injection cures all forms of Letumosis, but 99% of the time it does. I would like to assure you that all test subjects are volunteers. We do not have a draft."

Cinder's fists clenched on the table. Fists. Two. Both of them have skin? "I do apologize for our ignorance about the cyborg draft. Our planet is working hard to correct our mistakes regarding cyborgs. But I would like to ask you a question if you dont mind."

"Certainly Emperor."

"It's about your hand. Why do I no longer see a cyborg one?"

Carswell Thorne chuckled quietly. Cinder shot him a glare. "Something entertaining Captain?"

Thorne nodded "You"

She shook her head at him "Yes you do see skin. While your Planet has been doing it's own thing, mine has been advancing quite quickly. I have been trying to equal out the amount of freedom the Lunars have, and the amount of bio-electric manipulation I need to use. The people of Luna are so used to the high doses of Glamour that if I didnt use any at all, we would be nothing but chaos. They simply dont know how to function. I started with a high amount of glamour and will slowly lower it each week for the next year."

"That's all very interesting and will be helpful during later discussions, but you're avoiding my question." I said firmly.

Cinder leaned back in the throne and crossed her arms over her chest. Her cabinet began to fidget nervously, but I pressed on

"Is your hand human?"

"Yes."

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All credit goes to Marissa Meyer
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