After a brutal war for the planet Earth, the battered human race has been accepted into an interstellar coalition that would ensure their protection as a member species. As with all new member species, a program of integration would go into effect to bridge the cultural gap. However, this period will be very unique, as the average human was only ankle high to the average alien.

With Maduk forcing Dylan to pair with Yirshan, he and those that care for him scramble to prepare him for it.

Integration Codex! - https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing

Yeah. I took a long time again. But honest to goodness, it wasn't just me being lazy this time. I actually went back to school! And I had been preparing for it for a while. So, it was only ninety percent laziness's fault this time.

Editing has been done by Sheeron: https://sheeron.sofurry.com/

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Also, I have this for those of you that need a refresher for the story, thanks to the suggestion of TomRedlion: https://tomredlion.sofurry.com/

The story and characters thus far... for those of you that need a refresher after the writer's long laziness. Again.

Private First Class Dylan Maddock of the US Maryland National Guard was a veteran of the DC Area Bombardment Zone during the Rynar invasion of Earth, where he served as a medic. After liberation from the United Treaty Organization, Dylan volunteered for the military integration program in an attempt to escape Earth, where he had nothing left, and his PTSD was likely to force him out of the military, or even worse. The Integration program was his only hope to salvage a life and to see dreams come true.

Sergeant Kirache Rottjir, white, wolfish lupari, became his guardian. Dylan locked up in terror when he first met her, but soon after they struck up a quick relationship, where the strong empathy of a lupari, and Kira's matriarchal tendencies proved to be a powerful remedy for Dylan's healing trauma.

They partook in simulations that brought them down to similar heights, where they could interact at a more reasonable size. They began to connect quickly and easily, and Dylan showed an impressive strength in simulated training sessions. However, Dylan kept his troubled past bottled up, save for a few shared horrors. This bottling exploded shortly after a movie showing after the first week of the program, where the medic fell into a violent flashback of a National Guard evacuation of a civilian population, where the convoy was decimated by rynar troops.

In response to this public break down, a psychologist, Captain Duntay was sent to evaluate Dylan, and decide on how best to proceed with him. The officer was given a curiously small amount of time, mere hours, to to come to a decision. Dylan begrudgingly revealed how we was plagued by nightmares, how his family was dead, and how he had nothing to go back to. Duntay decided it would be best to transfer Dylan to a hospital integration program, despite Dylan and Kira wishing to stay together. He was to be sent on a ship with a Chinese soldier, Kemeng Gongsun, who was removed from the program for his disdain against having a hermaphroditic guardian, and his general hatred for women commanding him. However, Sergeant Samuel Mitchell intervened, and managed to halt Duntay's transfer with bureaucracy, and Dylan was able to stay with Kira, under the condition of therapy sessions with Duntay.

After a shaky first session, Duntay quickly came to the conclusion that Dylan was best to be kept with Kira as much as possible, to nurture their relationship. The lupari was clearly the best treatment for Dylan. This proved true, as Dylan gradually opened up to Kira, sharing more and more with her. This trust in her reached a tipping point when the sergeant saved Dylan and two other humans from a drunk guardian. After that incident, there was a curious shift in his nightmares, where his guardian entered into them, and protected him from his demons. Their relationship reached a whole new level, with close physical affections becoming a part of their friendship.

However, the incident with the drunk guardian mandated an investigation, and Molayoninuoluwa Obasi, or Maduk, was sent. He took an interest in Kira and Dylan's relationship. After Dylan mustered the will to share with Kira, via the simulations, a violent memory that showed how powerless humans were against giants, he mandated a separation between the guardian and charge. Dylan would be given to another Sergeant, Yirshan Kultak, while Kira would receive Corporal Cody Shaw as her charge. Maduk cited the uncanny quickness with which Kira and Dylan became close as a cause for alarm, and decided a test of Dylan's ability to handle another guardian was the best way to see if Dylan was particularly vulnerable to Kira's influence.

Part Twelve begins the very night after this decision was made...

Secondary characters to know:

Yirshan Kultak - Arkatian (dragon) guardian. Large and bold, with an enjoyment of teasing humans with her size.
Cody Shaw - The charge of Yirshan, and former charge of Trikil. He is excitable, likes to talk, and seems to enjoy Yirshan's teasing.
Duntay - Viliti (rabbit) psychologist, and Dylan's therapist. Although he had a rough start with Dylan, he has his best interests in mind now, and wishes to see the human to recovery.
Samuel Mitchell - Sergeant in charge of training the humans to integrate into the UTO military, and Maduk's escort.
Dahashi - Artificial Intelligence that takes the avatar of a blue falashai, or a fox. He is the administrator of the base's simulation hive.
Maduk - He is the human investigating for problems among guardians and charges. He seems untrusting of non-humans, and scours for any problem he can find.
Fahne Kulshah - Arkatian lieutenant commanding Dylan and Kira's platoon.
Russel Dolby - Charge of Fahne, and a former SAS commando.

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