[Hello City there is an alien on your screens today. He is still in the Porter building, pacing back and forth in front of the camera while talking very fast.]Greetings! Professor Mordin Solus, newly arrived. Have already familiarized self with basics of situation, no need for explanations of location or reasons for temporal displacement.
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[ A considerate pause. ] Unless that term―alien―is, uh. Xenophobic to your types. Sorry.
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Apology unnecessary. 'Alien' very common term in galactic culture. Appreciate the consideration though. Display of unusual sensitivity for first contact.
Suppose you are another recent arrival, being unfamiliar with extraterrestials.
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'Fraid so. Got shipped here a couple of days ago, still feeling a little bit shell-shocked. Mostly blame it on when I came from, not where I am now.
Still. Must be tough to be landlocked, if you're "galactic." You got my twelve sorts of sympathies.
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Shocked reaction to be expected. Enormous transition, from mundane life to unwilling interdimensional transport. Implications require time to sink in, before adapting to new situation. Understandable.
Sympathies appreciated. To be honest, hadn't stopped to realize implications of being stranded on Earth. Initial impulse upon arrival investigating surroundings, examining Porter. Used to casual interstellar travel. Idea of there being nowhere else to go- no Salarian worlds, no other species- unsettling. Spending long period of time here... will require adjustment.
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I--I am afraid I do not understand a number of your words.
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What is a -- [And here she pauses to try to recall how he pronounced the unfamiliar terms.] -- 'quantum'? What is a 'sub-atomic'? Are these new inventions as well?
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If he can help a true alien, he'll be honoring the ideals Jomy and Blue have passed on to him, won't he? But...that raises the question of how to help.]
Trying to blow it up doesn't work.
The 'Porter.
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You are...excited to be here.
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