Blue bloods, informally

Usage examples of aristos.

Xir spoke to Jai in the language of the Highton Aristos, his voice a rumble of authority.

More than any other reason, Aristos were hated because they used providers to transcend.

He stared dully after the Traders as they walked toward their embassy, two Highton Aristos surrounded by four guards.

Most of the Diamond Aristos who had attended her feast were also sprawled nearby, watching a news-holo projected on the wall.

Even by the exacting standards of Aristos, he was uncommonly handsome.

Many Aristos would do away with that sign of age, believing it marred their Highton perfection.

The minds of Aristos were like an immense weight pressing on his mind.

Jai was beginning to realize that in many situations, direct speech between Aristos was considered an insult.

Jai was surprised to find that even with three Aristos at close range, he could bear their minds enough to control his anxiety, at least for a short time.

Corbal had that ability, given his differences from other Aristos, but if he did, Jai might reveal himself in the process of trying to discover what Corbal knew.

As one of the two Joint Commanders of ESComm, he had earned the gratitude of the Aristos, who wished to conquer human-settled space, and the dread of the Skolians, who sought to staunch the near-fatal wound his armies had dealt their civilization.

Jai hurt so much, surrounded by Aristos, cut off from his former life, unable to confide in anyone.

Kelric wanted to believe his brother was in the custody of the Allied Worlds, but his hope fought with his conviction that the Aristos would never trade their Ruby psion.

The other Aristos, who had been watching with amusement, suddenly stopped smiling.

The other Aristos followed his lead and drank, their decided lack of enthusiasm evident only in their minds, but intense enough from so many of them that it came through his fortified shields.