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"What's that mean?"
"It is when person not act normal. Danger to self."
"Ah," I say, adding the new chord into my language database. "Crazy. My word for that is 'crazy.' "
"Crazy. Humans are crazy."
I shrug.

But this is an interstellar equivalent of a stranger offering me candy. I want the candy (information), but I don't know the stranger.
What's my alternative? Ignore them?

The Blip-A spins in space. It rotates end-over-end, probably at the same rate as Hail Mary. I guess they saw me spin up the centrifuge and figured it was another communication thing.
Humanity's first miscommunication with an intelligent alien race. Glad I could be a part of it.

Just gonna keep posting funny quotes. Should do this more often lol

"We figured this out, yes," said Dimitri. "With lasers. It was very illuminating experiment."
"Was that a pun?"
"It was!"
"Good one!"
We both laughed. Stratt glared at us.

Stratt, of course, sat at the head of the table. "Dr. Grace. How was your trip?"

"How was my trip?" I said. "I got dragged across the gosh-darned world without any notice—"

She held up her hand. "It was just a pleasantry, Dr. Grace. I don't actually care how your trip was."

Lol so snarky