The wrong star

I'm different

"I had that mission and now I'm here and he is alive," Miles says.

"Silence," the clan leader orders everyone.

"Are we supposed to thank you for that?" He asks.

"No, all I wanted is to show that I had that mission but I didn't complete it. I don't intend to," Miles states.

"Like you didn't try to kill me," Jake complains.

"Why did you have our kids on that ship?" Neytiri asks hissing.

"I wanted Jake to hear me out. I know, I know it wasn't the best plan but, I never wanted to hurt your children. I just wanted you to come so we could talk because if I just invited you to the ship the soldiers would have shot you," he explains.

"Like they shot my son," Jake presses him.

Miles sighs.

"Yes, like they shot your son," he says.

Ronal and the leader, Tonowari, turn to look at each other.

I hope they get a better impression of him, after all, this is the first time they meet him.

"I apologize for them shooting your son, I apologize for putting them in danger," Miles says.

"What are you?" Neytiri asks him.

"I'm... a former soldier-" he gets cut off by Neytiri.

"No. What are you? I killed you, so how are you here?" She asks.

The people gasps at this revelation and I notice Ronal gets nervous.

"Well I'm not a scientist so I can't tell you the recipe, only that this body of mine is made up of Na'vi and human DNA. Just like Jake's is," he shouldn't have mentioned Jake.

"But you're a demon," she hisses.

"How am I a demon? How am I any different to what he is? I don't have any other body, this is me. Just this. There's nothing else and I have a mind of my own just like any of you," Miles says.

"You are someone who's dead," Jake says.

Miles's jaw tightens and I know that he's been debating that himself. Hell, I used to tease him about it too but I can see that it hurts him.

"I am not him," he finally speaks. Even I look a little confused at him, just a little.

"I have the memories of someone who is dead, but I'm not him. I've noticed it, I feel it. He would have never let your kids live since the first time he caught them, he wouldn't have give a shit about some baby he left behind, instead of listening to Anatuat he would have tortured her and Spider until they talked," He says loud and clear for everyone to hear. "I am not him, I have many more examples but it the end they all come back to the same thing. I'm not him," he says tilting his chin up.

This time no one has anything to say.

"I'm not buying it," Jake says approaching him, I hurry to position myself in front of him and hiss protectively.

"Jake!" I shout. He needs to stop this stupid hunt.

"Anatuat please get out of the way, " Miles says.

"No," I say holding still, my arms stretched protectively in front of him.

"Uncle, weren't you once the same? Did you not come from the stars and learned about us? Did you not change?" I challenge him, more like try to make him understand.

He lets out a dry laugh.

"But you don't understand, Quaritch is responsible for everything bad that happened to our people. The destruction of the land, the massive killing, that's him! I never did anything like that," Jake argues.