Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Tar
Tar verb - Coat with tar.
Both words in one sentence
- Locked Out of the Loop: As part of the retcons necessary to fit The Tar-Aiym Krang into continuity, it's explained in For Love of Mother-Not that Mother Mastiff decided to lie to Flinx about his origin in an attempt to protect him.
Source: Literature / Humanx Commonwealth - The backstory for two of the characters in The Tar-Aiym Krang was that they faked a malfunction aboard their ship in order to attack AAnn forces which were about to invade and enslave/depopulate a world the Commonwealth wasn't officially bound to protect.
Source: Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving
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