The Newcomers

I suppose it had to happen one day. But we didn't expect it here, not yet, not so soon.

Some of them arrived a few weeks ago and set up home down on the shore, not all that far from where we live. Shallan said it was the end, that everything was over now for this planet and that we should move before they destroy everything.

I must admit, at first I thought she was overreacting, but now I have seen those... those Earthlings... humans, they like to call themselves, I'm beginning to think Shallan had a point.

I mean, they are supposed to be an intelligent race, but none of them seems to have fur, not that we can see anyway. Thresa said she thinks they must shave it off, for some reason. I'm not so sure. Obviously they must be ashamed of not having fur, for why else would they cover themselves up all the time with those bits of rag they drape over themselves?

Of course, it didn't take long for the rumours to start.

Krillec came rushing home from the learning dome saying that her Learning Facilitator had told her group that the humans practised sexual reproduction. Obviously, we all laughed, thinking it was a joke. At least, we thought it was a joke until Krillec showed us her learning tablet.

“This is something I must see,” Shallan said at the day's end meal, everyone else agreed.

Unfortunately, we could never – it seemed – catch the humans in the act, not that we were sure what that act really entailed. Krillec's learning tablet was rather vague on the details.

Still, we are determined that one day we will catch them doing it and record it all. That video of it is bound to be a massive hit on the Universal Net. After all, as far as we can see there seems to be no videos of humans doing sex on the whole of the Universal Net. We all agree there must be some videos of them doing it somewhere out there, we just wonder where it all is.