Lib Novel Page 83
“I really didn’t mean to.”
Wha—
Nia’s mouth fell open. “Y-you can understand me?”
His lips twitched a little and he nodded.
Nia stepped back a little. “You can?”
“Me and every single being on Hudo III can understand you now. I updated the database with your…” he frowned a little, “Een-glish?”
“W-what?”
“Sorry it took so long. Been a while since I did anything like that. I’m out of practice.” His frown deepened and all Nia could do was stare open-mouthed at him.
“How…”
Ka’Cit shrugged and Nia stepped back a little more till she was leaning against one of the seats.
His gaze suddenly became concerned.
“You don’t like it. Your face. It’s…not happy.”
Nia blinked.
“It’s not that…it’s just…I don’t understand.”
“I pushed an…update to the system. A code,” he said.
Nia blinked at him, her eyes nictitating. “You what?”
“A code.”
Nia’s mouth fell open. “You’re telling me you just uploaded a bug to the system? You hacked it?”
His brows furrowed again. “I didn’t put any creatures into the system and I didn’t slash at it either.”
She would laugh if she wasn’t still so shocked.
“I can understand you now…” he continued before gesturing to the planet far below them, “and everyone down there will be able to understand you too, once their translators update.”
Nia had to put her entire weight on the seat behind her. Her legs felt too weak.
“You just…uploaded English to the world?”
He was watching her intently, it seemed, in an effort to read her reaction.
His shoulders were tense and he remained unmoving as if preparing himself for something.
“That’s what you did?” she asked again.
He nodded this time.
Nia fell to her knees before she collapsed and sat back on her legs. Her gaze focused ahead at nothing.
“Nee-ya?”
“You have no idea what you’ve just done.”