When the Peloran made Contact, they passed by a hundred lightyears of scout ships and thirty lightyears of colonies to reveal themselves inside our own native star system. And when the quick-thinking British captain invited the Peloran over for tea, the Peloran answered, \u201cwe would not have come all this way for excretal Yank coffee.\u201d That answered two questions. \u201cDo aliens understand fart jokes?\u201d And \u201cwould they watch us long enough to recognize our divergent cultures before making Contact?\u201d They have never answered the third question. \u201cHow long have they been watching us?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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