Louis suggested that the ship be called 'Lying Bastard'. For their own reasons, Teela and Speaker agreed. For his own reason, Nessus did not object.
They do not use lasers, they do not use radio, they do not use hyperwave. What are they using for communication? Telepathy? Written messages? Big mirrors?" "Parrots," Louis suggested. He got up to join them at the door to the control room. "Huge parrots, specially bred for their oversized lungs. They're too big to fly. They just sit on hilltops and scream at each other.
"We do not joke," said Nessus. "My species has no sense of humor." "Strange. I would have thought that humor was an aspect of intelligence." "No. Humor is associated with an interrupted defense mechanism." "All the same" "Speaker, no sapient being ever interrupts a defense mechanism."
Six times over several centuries, you attacked the worlds of men. Six times you were defeated, having lost approximately two-thirds of your male population in each war. Need I comment on the level of intelligence displayed? No? In any case, you were never in real danger of extermination. Your nonsentient females were largely untouched by war, so that the next generation helped to replace the numbers lost. Still, you steadily lost an empire you had built up over thousands of years.
"It became apparent to us that the kzinti were evolving at a furious rate."
с тилой интересно. в фалауте 2м кажется (да и в третьем тоже) был перк обратный. и там были квесты которы случались только с человеком удача которого была "в минусе". но ее восприятие ситуации и восприятие ее поведения со стороны неплохо прорисованы.
я могу о себе сказать тоже самое. после какого то этапа. перепросмотра? ну давай поспекулируем. со мной и с людьми вокруг меня. с вещами вокруг тоже. перестали случаться непредсказуемые, отрицательно воспринимаемые, фатально-необратимые события. хотя может все дело в моем восприятии того что со мной происходит. все вышло на плато. качку ума "отключили" :)
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They do not use lasers, they do not use radio, they do not use hyperwave. What are they using for communication? Telepathy? Written messages? Big mirrors?" "Parrots," Louis suggested. He got up to join them at the door to the control room. "Huge parrots, specially bred for their oversized lungs. They're too big to fly. They just sit on hilltops and scream at each other.
"We do not joke," said Nessus. "My species has no sense of humor."
"Strange. I would have thought that humor was an aspect of intelligence."
"No. Humor is associated with an interrupted defense mechanism."
"All the same"
"Speaker, no sapient being ever interrupts a defense mechanism."
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"It became apparent to us that the kzinti were evolving at a furious rate."
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я могу о себе сказать тоже самое. после какого то этапа. перепросмотра? ну давай поспекулируем. со мной и с людьми вокруг меня. с вещами вокруг тоже. перестали случаться непредсказуемые, отрицательно воспринимаемые, фатально-необратимые события. хотя может все дело в моем восприятии того что со мной происходит. все вышло на плато. качку ума "отключили" :)
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