No, this isn't private. Red is a dinosaur.

[screeee]

York! Have found good female partner for you. Strong, smart. Has guns. Will make very good human-chicks. Should start courting right away. Name is Shepard.

Comments

[modelscientist]

Not sure if human mating rituals work that way.

[screeee]

No? [She cocks her head. No one corrected her, but it would explain some things.]

[modelscientist]

No. Believe it involves more eating and drinking and talking. Perhaps also crying and tossing of grain.

[screeee]

Grain tossing and crying. Strange habits. Humans find these things attractive?

[modelscientist]

Unsure. Generally preformed at human weddings, a ceremony wherein two humans promise to be faithful to each other for life.

[screeee]

So humans do mate for life? Want to see this 'wedding'. Perhaps York will have one soon.

[modelscientist]

Typically they will have a series of shorter term partners before deciding on one suitable for life-mating. Human culture quite fascinating, actually.

[screeee]

So wedding is not a courting ritual? [She cocks her head and attempts to puzzle this out.]

[modelscientist]

No, it is culmination of the courting ritual, which can take quite a long time. Years, even.

[screeee]

Years? Will be too old to have good chicks!

[modelscientist]

Humans age much more slowly, have viable breeding period of thirty years, plus or minus a few.

[screeee]

Are very sure? Must find out how old York is.

[modelscientist]

Quite sure.

[screeee]

Feel much better, then. Should still court, though. Strong females here.