Another Excerpt From THE WEBS OF VAROK
(Tandra and daughter Shawne, the varok Orram and the elll Conn are a family committed to their mutual well being, but challenged by differences, needs they didn't forsee. Below is Tandra's point of view.) Launch event: Review Op at http://archivesofvarok.com/articles/w...
I bit my lip hard and took a deep breath. "I am a human being, Conn," I said, hoping to buy time for him to calm down. "You know that better than I do. You and I had our problems at first. My possessiveness crimped your loner style more than any school could. My assumption of dominance drove you wild, but so did my sensuality . . . because your sensuality was too much for me. We humans and ellls evolved, with all other species on our planets, with a hearty dose of reproductive hormones. Varokians did not. The mind link is everythng to Orram; it should be enough for me. Yet I am human, nothing more nor less. I couldn't possibly fill all of Orram's needs, any more than yours. The problem is simple. I can't accept Mahntik as Orram might need me to."
"Funny. I have that same trouble." Conn laughed bitterly. Then he realized I was serious.
I bit my lip hard and took a deep breath. "I am a human being, Conn," I said, hoping to buy time for him to calm down. "You know that better than I do. You and I had our problems at first. My possessiveness crimped your loner style more than any school could. My assumption of dominance drove you wild, but so did my sensuality . . . because your sensuality was too much for me. We humans and ellls evolved, with all other species on our planets, with a hearty dose of reproductive hormones. Varokians did not. The mind link is everythng to Orram; it should be enough for me. Yet I am human, nothing more nor less. I couldn't possibly fill all of Orram's needs, any more than yours. The problem is simple. I can't accept Mahntik as Orram might need me to."
"Funny. I have that same trouble." Conn laughed bitterly. Then he realized I was serious.
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Nov 09, 2012 03:29PM
The relationships in Tandra's family begin to take center stage in the excerpt above, along with the whole idea of alienness and what that means. Another take on all the questions that come up are portrayed in a nw book I found. It's called "Unlikely Friendships--47 Rmarkable Sories from the Animal Kingdom." How do individuals from two completely different species bond? And why? Especially when one would eat the other if driven by hunger. When we are all from the same genetic pool, what makes another being alien, especially if they share similar thoughts to ours?
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