Comments on: p.278 (Chapter Nine)

By: cwDeici

cwDeici — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:36:22 +0000

she’s a trained scientist

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:11:50 +0000

That would be cause for celebration! Not only contact with a sentient alien race, but cooperative and beneficial for all. Maybe they could even stop that pointless warfare on the planet too!

By: APStorm

APStorm — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:29:31 +0000

I agree. I’m still hoping that when they finally lose their sense of superiority, they’ll be able to actually work WITH the Galaxion and her crew and maybe solve BOTH of their problems, instead of one or the other’s sad story ending here on this version of Earth.

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:03:32 +0000

Ha ha! OK, Could be, but let’s remember the word “Assuming.” Nobody knows the pharmacology of trenat, since that information (if it exists) is in the imagination of the writer of this story ( ! ) Perhaps the crude tool would become a burned-out zombie, or perhaps they would fall easily into a well-worn track which they think of as normal. Alcoholics and druggies can’t seem to function any other way, but too much and frontal-lobe activity drops off to favor the lower levels of consciousness.
The crude tools remark could mean almost anything coming from those so certain of their own superiority that they take it for granted. The best part of this story will be when they lose that.

By: Andrew Crisp

Andrew Crisp — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:22:51 +0000

Hmm… Assuming that trenat behaves like most drugs or poisons, it’s more likely someone would build up a tolerance to it. The aftereffects *may* lessen, but so would its effectiveness. If anything, a Miesti-slave would become useless after repeated stings over several years – resistant to control. During Aria’s mind-meld with the Miesti, she did hear them call us “crude tools”.

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:49:48 +0000

Sorry, but he’s making a big assumption that everybody would be affected with the same kind of horrible hangover. Since this is his first exposure, the discomfort he feels might not exist after several more (or 20 or 30 more) Miesti stings.
For that matter, after a certain exposure the effect could become more permanent.
If he can hear what she’s thinking, why can’t she hear what he’s thinking? Is she just better at this? The bugs were freaking out that she could hear and communicate with them…

By: Stewart

Stewart — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:52:19 +0000

Still lovin’ Aria’s out of control hair.

By: C Snook

C Snook — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:09:41 +0000

Aw, I love that middle panel. Poor Zan.

By: Artificer-Urza

Artificer-Urza — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:41:52 +0000

Stockholm Syndrome. Or the people are just so used to the control that they do what is asked of them without fighting back because they don’t know they can.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:19:20 +0000

Wow – he’s reading her mind!