#stygian midra

The boys are fighting!

In Jax’s first encounter with Tsu’Maahr (Stygian Midra ‘Tusk’) he gets his arse absolutely handed to him. He’s not used to being that big, and the fear of the damage he could cause prevents him from fully protecting himself. So he gets thrown around like a rag doll.

Tsu’Maahr gets a few hours of wrecking things while Jax tries to get his head on straight and focus on what he has to do. Their next encounter is a messy and desperate struggle, and it sets something off in Jax and he forgets his fears enough to take the Stygian down.

Warmup Midra thoughts.

Jax is very uncomfortable being around them. He's locked horns with all of them at some point, and they have both done damage to each other.

He does understand what they're going through, and neither him or the Stygian really hold a grudge against the other, none of them asked for any of that after all. It's just easier to live if they limit their interactions.

They do talk, and Jax does a lot of work with them to set up their new homes and facilities, but after that point they don't see each other. (he has a lot of guilt because he still had his own mind during a lot of those fights and they didn't)

Initially there is no way to save them. The Machine warps them so much that the only thing that can be done to help them is to put them down.

However, thanks to the effects being a bit delayed on a human, Ori had the chance to analyse the effects. Later he is able to reverse engineer enough that the last handful of the Stygian can get their minds back.