Send ‘🍑’ for my Muse to find Yours bent over something with their ass on display
What the hell? Where was this guy’s cloak? Carlos realized this was the Collector’s home basically, but he seemed entirely too comfortable in front of guests.
Or maybe that was just Carlos’ ‘humanness’ getting in the way. Either way, he wasn’t going to be caught staring. He may essentially be a little more than a ‘pet’, but he wasn’t going to ogle someone when it wasn’t explicitly invited.
“How can you have ‘0.5’ of a friend?” Carlos asked. “Isn’t that… a ‘frenemy’ or something?”
“Yes… I don’t have many friends, but I’ve a lot of enemies and … That one enemy … he’s nice…”
“Uh… I don’t think it’s a good thing if an enemy is ‘nice’,” Carlos said.
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
The Collector tilted his head to the side looking at Carlos, “Are you sure? I’m not going to try to kill you or anything, I’ll wait for you to die from natural causes before using your body for research. “He said and smile” I can pay you very well .. “
“Credits aren’t really a thing on Earth,” Carlos admitted to
him. “Like I said… I’d rather find a way home. More than anything.”“Credits are a thing here… Buy I can take you to Earth if you want… But I want your body.”
Carlos just frowned and shook his head. He was getting a little frustrated – this guy must not know how asking someone to give up their body off of their home planet must sound. Maybe Carlos could be convinced to donate his body to science on Earth, but certainly not on some god-forsaken space station lightyears from home.
“I said no,” he stated. “Maybe give Earth a visit – I’m sure there are folks who’d be honored to do it.”
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
“Abductee? Uhnm… That’s sad.” He smiled, it had been a while since he last saw a human, so he was curious to see how they had evolved. “Can I continue to analyze you? I would like to buy your body for analysis, of course I will wait for you to die before open your boy and I can pay you a fair amount of credit. ”
Carlos’ eyes widened and he just stared at the other man. “Um…?
No, I… I’m not comfortable with that,” he said. “I mean, sure, I can sate some
of your curiosity with medical tests while I’m alive, but… I’m afraid my body is off-limits after death. I’d…
really rather die on Earth, if I can even get back there.”The Collector tilted his head to the side looking at Carlos, “Are you sure? I’m not going to try to kill you or anything, I’ll wait for you to die from natural causes before using your body for research. “He said and smile” I can pay you very well .. “
“Credits aren’t really a thing on Earth,” Carlos admitted to
him. “Like I said… I’d rather find a way home. More than anything.”
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
He listened to the human talking, and then analyzed him again, he nudged the human’s arm, and smiled again, putting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it a bit, as if analyzing everything.
“I’m Taneleer Tivan. The collector. And you are?”
Carlos got a little nervous with the touchy-feeling going
on, but since it wasn’t anything in appropriate he let it go. Maybe it was in
his culture…“Um, my name is Carlos Ramon. I… well… Abductee from Earth.”
“Abductee? Uhnm… That’s sad.” He smiled, it had been a while since he last saw a human, so he was curious to see how they had evolved. “Can I continue to analyze you? I would like to buy your body for analysis, of course I will wait for you to die before open your boy and I can pay you a fair amount of credit. ”
Carlos’ eyes widened and he just stared at the other man. “Um…?
No, I… I’m not comfortable with that,” he said. “I mean, sure, I can sate some
of your curiosity with medical tests while I’m alive, but… I’m afraid my body is off-limits after death. I’d…
really rather die on Earth, if I can even get back there.”
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
“Oh…” The Collector seemed to be processing the information that Carlos was providing, he was looking at the Terran’s hand and greeting and then letting go, he give a small smile, “Now, tell me … You terran stopped sending animals to Space?”
Carlos blinked at him. He nodded slowly. “Um, yeah, we… we
have. There were ethical issues with it, and the general population isn’t
really keen on sending anything other than a consenting person into space
anymore.” It was a bit of a strange question, but he supposed people would be
interested in how space-savvy his race was.He listened to the human talking, and then analyzed him again, he nudged the human’s arm, and smiled again, putting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it a bit, as if analyzing everything.
“I’m Taneleer Tivan. The collector. And you are?”
Carlos got a little nervous with the touchy-feeling going
on, but since it wasn’t anything in appropriate he let it go. Maybe it was in
his culture…
“Um, my name is Carlos Ramon. I… well… Abductee from Earth.”
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
“Uh… no, not really,” Carlos said. “Some places we would
give one-another a kiss on the cheek, but… no, that’s about it. Usually, in a
professional setting we just… shake hands.” He offered his hand for the other
to take. “But – I mean, unless your people don’t do that then that’s cool too!”
He started to lower his hand back to his side, unsure. God, he kind of hated
space.“Oh…” The Collector seemed to be processing the information that Carlos was providing, he was looking at the Terran’s hand and greeting and then letting go, he give a small smile, “Now, tell me … You terran stopped sending animals to Space?”
Carlos blinked at him. He nodded slowly. “Um, yeah, we… we
have. There were ethical issues with it, and the general population isn’t
really keen on sending anything other than a consenting person into space
anymore.” It was a bit of a strange question, but he supposed people would be
interested in how space-savvy his race was.
“Uh…? Yes, I am human,” Carlos said carefully. Hesitantly. “Uh, no – no offense, but… why did you lick me?”
“… That’s how you Terrans greet someone, right?” He practically asked, after all, that was how the Terran he knew greets people.
“Uh… no, not really,” Carlos said. “Some places we would
give one-another a kiss on the cheek, but… no, that’s about it. Usually, in a
professional setting we just… shake hands.” He offered his hand for the other
to take. “But – I mean, unless your people don’t do that then that’s cool too!”
He started to lower his hand back to his side, unsure. God, he kind of hated
space.
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