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[abortz]

[Bortz is not a chatty person. They aren't a particularly social person, and they aren't at all eager to make new "friends". But they'll submit to this sort of socialization with complete strangers to get information they need.]

Do animals have doctors?
If there is anyone in charge of fixing those of us who break then I need to know in advance rather than waiting until they're actually needed.

[There's a pause, and then they continue, almost begrudgingly.]

I also need to know if anything be done for you people if you're damaged.
If it comes up then there won't be time to figure it out in the moment. I won't waste time trying to help if there's no point.

[They don't care. They really don't, these organics mean nothing to them and frankly, expending effort on them when they have such short, limited lifespans to begin with seems pointless. But this is the job they've been given, and they'll do it right. If that means babysitting these fleshy people then so be it.]

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[abortz]

I think there are some books like that in the library. But I don't go down there much.

[justbeingknife]

Okay, that works. Where I come from, there ain't just fiction in written form. They record people acting out those stories and transmit them so other people can watch.

Anyway, one of the most popular types is science fiction. It's about the future and what'd happen if people traveled to different worlds and so on.

[abortz]

Isn't that what we're doing here?

[justbeingknife]

Yeah. Kinda wild, ain't it?

Anyway, on those shows, they gotta depict people from other worlds. But since all the actors are human, those aliens almost always end up with two arms, two legs -- mostly human-looking, anyway.