Maybe it was just an innate urge to pet Viral like a cat, or maybe it was a desire to just try and help him relax. Whatever spurred Yumi to begin scratching her friend ended up with Viral quite flustered and her breaking into an amused if not apologetic smile. "Sorry... But you're really soft..." she said with a laugh, "I noticed it when I hugged you earlier, your fur is so soft and smooth, it's weird. I like it though." Plus if this was distracting Viral from sulking and being upset then that was only even more reason for her to keep doing it. For someone who vehemently denounced his being a cat he looked almost like he was enjoying being petted, leaning his head against Yumi's hand ever so slightly. "Well I didn't know! You could have a cat stomach for all I know, I have no clue how your transformations work." Cats couldn't have chocolate, and from how he looked Viral was all cat, so it wasn't a totally stupid idea. It didn't matter what Viral did and didn't eat anyways since he was hardly eating to begin with, he might as well be fasting considering how sparse his diet was. Not that she could blame him for not having much of an appetite, he'd been through a lot as of late. 

Takeshi was all sorts of confused at the moment and Shu did little to alleviate that. Why did his head hurt, what happened to the monster and why was Haku here, lying on the ground? Ugh... And why did his head hurt? He'd missed something serious he felt, something that had his little brother all fascinated and focused elsewhere. When he did glance over he was stunned to find T'charrl back to his old self. Well almost, there were some bits and pieces here and there that didn't look normal but all the same his form had nearly gone back to its original. Moving closer to get a better look he paused briefly at Haku to wake him up, leaving the other boy gasping and looking around awfully confused after having his nose pinched shut. No doubt, T'charrl looked more or less as he did when they had met save for a few little spikes and some horns. Not perfect but closer than he'd been in a long time, shame he wasn't conscious to see it. "He definitely looks better to me. Hang on a second, I'll get the lights," Takeshi said as he stepped back over to the door, flipping up the switch. The lights overhead hummed as they turned on and illuminated the room, showing off a much smaller T'charrl than before. "Yeah, he's definitely almost back to normal, wow... What did you do Shu?"

Man, first he was headbutt and then he got his nose nearly torn off, some thanks for helping out. Haku was just rubbing at his nose too when the lights abruptly came on, making the Saiyan hiss quietly as he squeezed his eyes shut from the sudden assault on his irises. Letting the blinding light fade a bit he slowly opened them again, still holding one hand over his nose defensively as he glanced back at the others. Wow, Takeshi wasn't kidding about T'charrl, he was definitely smaller. Nowhere near as threatening now, he was smaller even than when he'd encountered the Kaesstrian on Earth. So that was what he originally looked like then? No wonder it was a problem, he'd inflated like a balloon. "Ugh... Shu didn't do anything..." Haku mumbled, getting to his feet and giving his nose one more rub, "I did. Some ghost thing said he needed energy so I gave him energy, a lot of it..." Sheesh, just how much Ki had T'charrl take anyways? Now that he was standing the Saiyan felt tired and a bit lightheaded, quite a bit of energy must have gone to the alien then. It felt odd helping like that, especially when normally someone in his weakened state was vulnerable, as he'd learned with the military. So naturally when Haku's mind went to that he immediately felt a bit vulnerable, his eyes going between Shu and Takeshi. "If something's wrong with him don't blame me, I only did what I was told."

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"I'm looking to strengthen our men, Krom, not kill them," Yamate replied unamused, frowning at his subordinate's suggestion. Shu wasn't fit for battle in his current state, he just didn't have the mettle for it. The collar had been more to get the young boy to actually fight than anything, all the power his son possessed was useless if it couldn't be used. It was similar with Takeshi, they needed the leverage of Shu over his older boy in order to make him fight as well. There was no way those two would willingly battle with or for him now, it had to be done by force if at all. "I certainly never said getting them to align themselves with us would be easy. If it were simple they would be here already. Short of chasing them down and dragging them back personally I don't have much in mind at the moment." There were other things demanding his attention anyways, like preserving Kortal for starters. There was quite a bit of concern amongst the royalty and nobility that if the Rebels were to win Korian would not be corteous to those currently on the planet. Yamate would give he wasn't either, but they had to sacrifice commodities at home to bolster the military. Better to be safe and live without external threats then a lavish life where it could all be lost in a blink of an eye. "They'll target the research centers if they find them, no doubt. If it's going well though then we may have to try launching the project early... I don't like it, but we may need to. If we use our subjects as well that would further bolster our power, and there's no real knowing just how strong they could become."