Roofchats 1

You really "can't talk like that in front of a visitor" - without explaining exactly what you just said. :D

It's not big and it's not clever.

That's what HE said!

...ok, ok, stopping now.

"Do you people even eat? With your mouths?"

Just for fun.

For sustenance, we fill a bucket with blood and stand in it. Say, do you people have different blood groups? :)

Did you want a shallower bucket?

Nah, that'd just mean it'd overflow easier.

You know, we're routinely told that aliens eat babies. I wouldn't be surprised if the blood thing gets around too.

Who tells you that, and why?

Everyone. Everyone knows. don't start on at me like Suitov, please...

Mhm, it's just, well, unless you count animal babies, which I think your folks eat, too, I don't know many people who do that, but I do know that doing nasty things to babies is a popular propaganda-lie to pin on peoples the people are supposed to hate.

So... are you saying you do eat babies?

Short answer, "No, I don't", long answer, "Well, I eat veal and such, so it depends on what you think of when you say 'baby'."

Well I eat babies all the ti--

Suitov: Stop that. No teasing Weft.

Basaltine: Can I tease Nico?

Suitov: Of course, if she likes you to.

I'm not sure.

Basaltine: *looks around* I sure could go for some baby carrots and baby sweetcorn and babycham and jelly babies...

Suitov: *eyes him narrowly, lets it go*

Weft: Squiff, you don't have to do the protective thing, you know. I did survive more than one and a half years and many forms of injury without you.

Suitov: I'm very sorry.

Weft: --um, you don't have to not do it either.

Well, Weft, what do you mean when you say "eat babies"?

Eating their own young. Like the Molqrls in history and what the Iron Flag people do and those orcs from Eodea.

Um, they don't... At least the latter.

They would say that, wouldn't they?

I'm not an orc?