Xevivor
*sigh…
Kai was not seeking self-preservation in Mantrid. The insect essence was controlling him the whole time in order to get the insect larvae so it could leave Kai and inhibbit it. It didn’t have any luck transferring the essence, so having come from HDS, it knew about Mantrid and went to seek his help. The plan was never to really get Kai any protoblood. Kai even says that he has plenty after the insect essence leaves him.
Kai is not looking for some “magic potion” to bring himself back to life. That’s not his character, but hey don’t take my word for it, go buy the wonderful LEXX DVDs by Acorn media and watch the behind the scenes segment and on either vol 1 or 2 Lex G says that himself and Micheal McManus does a pretty good job of Xplaing what “motivates” Kai or at least his reactions to different people and that’s on Vol 1.
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“The best defense is a strong offense.. and I intend to start offending right now.”
-James T. Kirk