(Source: seranine, via pancake-angst)
Challenge #02726-G169: Only Two? Since When?
A: ok, what’s in between your legs?
B: DETERMINATION
A: alright then guess my race
B: human
A: why yes but actually no – Anon Guest
[AN: I don’t think any decent person would actually utter the words “what’s between your legs” because that’s way too intimate a question for casual conversation. Person A in the above interchange is unbelievably rude]
Not every meeting between Humans and members of the Alliance is easy. There are a rare few when some participants seem to refuse to get along without passing ridiculous levels of intimacy. Some Humans, the Alliance was learning, were just too curious about certain aspects of other life forms. Once a common language is established, certain aspects must be categorized in order for civilised behaviour to progress.
This involved a large number of uncivilised questions.
The Terran Colony was initially mis-translated as Prominent Grass, owing to a miscommunication based on phonetic translation. The Humans there had a rather rigid view of their own bizarre biology, and a willful opposition of scientific evidence that opposed their opinions. In all other aspects, they appeared to be relatively progressive for Deathworlders, but appearances are often deceiving.
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