Tenth Patrol

[slightly_knurd]

[small sigh, taking out his cigar and stamping it out on the ground]

Right, enough of everyone watching the city burn to the ground. Bucket chain's starting at the Fountain, all able bodied anti-pyromaniacs get down there, let's go. We all know fire's very pretty to watch until it's your home lit up

Comments

[buriedinsands]

Need extra eyes, Commander?

[slightly_knurd]

Always helpful, Zazie. You let me know what needs helping the most, will you?

[buriedinsands]

We will keep our eyes out in the flames.

[slightly_knurd]

Dangerous, isn't that?

[buriedinsands]

I come from a planet that makes these flames feel like home.

[slightly_knurd]

Nostalgic?

[buriedinsands]

Yes. We like the warmth.

But we do not need fire, that is a Man's tool.

[slightly_knurd]

Come from a desert country?

[buriedinsands]

Yes. Our planet has two suns, five moons, and we lived there for a long time before humans came and brought with them water.

[slightly_knurd]

And I take it that was a bad thing to do?

[buriedinsands]

Bad? No, confusing and strange. Humanity can be hostile and destructive without even knowing what they are doing. We disliked how they were and we disliked at how they tried to bend the world to their ideas. A smart race would live with the world and find its rhythm.

[slightly_knurd]

Well, we humans never got any extra marks for being smart. Persistent, maybe. Thick-headed, definitely.

[buriedinsands]

Yes, we have seen this. It reminds us of others who are just as human acting evne if they are not human.

[slightly_knurd]

Human's more a state of mind than a species, anyway.

[buriedinsands]

We should remember that.

[slightly_knurd]

I'll be sure to help.