Q is for Quatro

Quatro Petrie is one of the characters in FORCE OF HABIT. Imma interview him. But first, a description:

Black fuzz covered Quatro’s skull, like the plush on a cheap toy. Now, as usual, so did a wig. His long, thin fingers and toes had vestigial webs to the first joint. He was tall and thin, like a walking test tube. 

MA: You’re not a Terran, are you? Or, as some people say, an Earthling?

QP: No. My sister, Tetra, and I are Gilhoolies. That is, we’re from the planet Gilhoo. My sister and I are both fluent in Allesesperanto and … frankly, too many languages to list.

MA: I need to inform my readers that Gilhoo is a water planet.

QP: Indeed. Why else would I have these gills?

MA: Possibly because you’re all wet.

QP: I beg your pardon?

MA: That’s all right. So how did you come to be teaching on a spaceship?

QP: I applied and was accepted. But perhaps you wonder why I applied.

MA: Yes. Yes, I do.

QP: My sister said that she intended to do so. I consider her somewhat madcap, I regret to admit, and thought it might be best if accompanied her. As it happened, it was well that I did. My sobering and clarifying presence has proved invaluable aboardship on more than one occasion.

MA: Zzzzzzzzzzz– Oh! Uh, yes. Yes. Well, thank you for visiting with us today, Quatro. Uh, farewell, and … um … just keep swimming.

A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Interview an extra-terrestrial.

MA