"Is that how you say it?" ZEX said. "I'm... well, I don't know if you would have noticed the odd things that happen to language here, since you speak Human I'm sure. I don't, although... I'm sure that's what you're hearing now..." Trailing off... it was obvious this was something that bothered ZEX. "Well, pronounciation can be tricky, I suppose."
He wasn't really in the mood to think about that though. "But yes, I think that's what they wrote. They also said something about spirits and death, although I'm not sure if I believe any of it... I've always taken a more personal stance on such things." Besides, it made it more difficult for the Creator to punish him for crimes against nature if their existence depended on whether or not ZEX believed in them.
Sam's answer shot a hole through his theory though. There might have been some thread uniting all the people she'd visited, but maybe it was something only obvious to her. And possibly irrelevant in the end, since ZEX was the only one who seemed to appreciate her attention anyway.
"Did I not mention that?" ZEX laughed a little. "I usually include it in my introduction, although almost no one here has heard of us... I'm a VUX, a species native to Beta Luyten, although I no longer reside there." Not entirely by choice, but no need to mention that just yet. "I don't suppose you've heard of us?"
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He wasn't really in the mood to think about that though. "But yes, I think that's what they wrote. They also said something about spirits and death, although I'm not sure if I believe any of it... I've always taken a more personal stance on such things." Besides, it made it more difficult for the Creator to punish him for crimes against nature if their existence depended on whether or not ZEX believed in them.
Sam's answer shot a hole through his theory though. There might have been some thread uniting all the people she'd visited, but maybe it was something only obvious to her. And possibly irrelevant in the end, since ZEX was the only one who seemed to appreciate her attention anyway.
"Did I not mention that?" ZEX laughed a little. "I usually include it in my introduction, although almost no one here has heard of us... I'm a VUX, a species native to Beta Luyten, although I no longer reside there." Not entirely by choice, but no need to mention that just yet. "I don't suppose you've heard of us?"