They're always there in the background. They say very little, but listen a great deal. There's one in a quiet corner at every meeting. There's one in every home - they like to cook and knit and master new skills. We don't know what sex they are, if they have sexes, although it seems they have children... It's not that they refuse to answer so much as that we can't understand the answer. They say things like 'the offspring are not yet ripe for the sun'.
Or, 'they are in the place of learning'. But you don't get the impression that this is referring to their equivalent of our schools. This is an area our xeno experts hope to understand better in time. They seem especially protective of our children, but they don't really seem to grasp what growing up means..
They're always there in the background. They say very little, but listen a great deal. There's one in a quiet corner at every meeting. There's one in every home - they like to cook and knit and master new skills. We don't know what sex they are, if they have sexes, although it seems they have children... It's not that they refuse to answer so much as that we can't understand the answer. They say things like 'the offspring are not yet ripe for the sun'.
Or, 'they are in the place of learning'. But you don't get the impression that this is referring to their equivalent of our schools. This is an area our xeno experts hope to understand better in time. They seem especially protective of our children, but they don't really seem to grasp what growing up means..