After making a scientific discovery, I was happy early on—until I realized they had started hunting me. The government sent bodyguards who looked like hired killers. Barbarians from the planet Ttoria. They claimed I was a pair for both of them. Time to choose. But do I have to? Who’s asking me? Still, I’m a scientist—and a person. Stay away, barbarians! Scales, spikes. The main thing is the brain!