A Servant's Heart, Chapter 21
She never again wanted to feel the way she had when she'd taken over the mrr'tani on the cruisers. she heard his footsteps echoing through the hold as he came closer and closer.
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 1
"the mrr'tani have existed without frr'a'narr'ahn, and without a frr'a'tan'lass'i'ah for many generations, keeper of hearts. the mrr'tani here functioned just fine without your connection before you arrived.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 13
"they gave me a copy of your training program and i also had one of them deliver the necessary equipment to the mrr'tani pride to make any necessary adjustments to the software.
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 4
Every mrr'tani that she linked with seemed to strengthen the rest of the links as well, even those that were to other beings.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 14
He did not see mrr'tani as sentient beings more than animals of labor, and to keep the labor force up, he would purchase female mrr'tani and force them to accept any male he chose. their entire duty was to procreate."
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 9
It was different than the other mrr'tani she'd felt. this one was cautious and suspicious, guarded. "three individuals at the main hatch," micah announced. "two human, one mrr'tani." "put it on the screen," jason replied.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 15
"you still sure you want to use your mrr'tani name here? some of them take offense, you know." "yes," she said forcefully. "it's who i am.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 10
Every free mrr'tani has a human name, the one that the masters, or sometimes even our own parents give us. it is the one by which we are known to the galaxy. but we also have our true names. it is the one by which other mrr'tani refer to each other.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 11
There was another presence in the forest, and this one did not have the friendly feeling of other mrr'tani that she'd met. it was pride and hate and petty vindictiveness, and from the overall sense of it, there was another mrr'tani who was exuding it.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 16
The mrr'tani who live here are made of tougher stuff than i am." "better than friedenhold," strong soul said. "i thought i'd be frozen solid forever after we got done there."
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 15.5
One of the really good things about the mrr'tani pride was the pressurized hot water lines.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 19
"tune the scanners for mrr'tani bio signs and scan maximum range, surface only." "commencing scan." strong soul sat back and watched as information scrolled on her screen.