"I find it equally unnerving and comforting. The baby has started coming in now too."
Tom shook his head a little. "Not exactly. Their culture hasn't had money in centuries and visions are more common for males." Tom smiles at Mantis understanding. " The first and most important thing I've learned about her species is to abandon human concepts and history when I think about them. "
He took a drink from his soda. "I'm not sure their culture ever had a religion, but I know they have caused some of ours."
Tom shakes his head again. "I've seen a dead planet and the people who caused it to die. My view is completely different than humans who have only ever been buried in humanness."
He looks away from his drink. "Ziggy succeeds or my son will die, then my planet, and my species. It's like looking down the barrel of a gun you're pretty sure is loaded but there's no way to tell."
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Tom shook his head a little. "Not exactly. Their culture hasn't had money in centuries and visions are more common for males." Tom smiles at Mantis understanding. " The first and most important thing I've learned about her species is to abandon human concepts and history when I think about them. "
He took a drink from his soda. "I'm not sure their culture ever had a religion, but I know they have caused some of ours."
Tom shakes his head again. "I've seen a dead planet and the people who caused it to die. My view is completely different than humans who have only ever been buried in humanness."
He looks away from his drink. "Ziggy succeeds or my son will die, then my planet, and my species. It's like looking down the barrel of a gun you're pretty sure is loaded but there's no way to tell."