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=== Interlude: Monkey See, Monkey Do...What?=== "Look carefully," the biologist alters so softly you can barely distinguish the change. "Watch what it does." You find that difficult--the captured human is as ugly as a new hatchling, but without the pleasing sliminess. You force yourself to observe, however, for observation--and understanding--are one of the keys to survival on Manifold Six. The human has been starved for several days. Now, food is placed at the top of the room, hanging from a hook. Several boxes have been scattered about the room as well. Presumably it will build some sort of tower to gain access to the food. "What will this prove?" you alter, bored. "Watch! Watch!" the biologist alters excitedly. The human looks around the room a while, then sits motionless. It makes sound waves with its breathing apparatus. It sits and stares about the room. "Is it stupid?" you alter. "No!" alters the biologist triumphantly. "It's defiant! The sound waves are its language--it's saying something along the lines of "Put a sporeflower up your chlo! I'm not eating for your entertainment!" It knows we're watching it." So the human would rather starve than be treated like a lab animal, eh? Interesting ... very interesting. You're not sure whether this is very very good-- or very very dangerous. "Learn its language immediately!" you snap. "We must communicate as soon as possible!"
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