Latest blog post: Redraw of chapter 1 is happening (2024-05-11)

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...God damn it, Dan.

This is the last LTC page made so far. I'm making a new batch, and I'm behind a schedule for them, so the next week there would be no update most likely, sorry for that.



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About animal instincts.
Curiocity, predatory instinct
Love, bonding instinct.
Are you sure all these primitive instincts are bad?
Are you sure all the aliens are without those?

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Just realized, we can expect to see the human version of that last-panel face in a page or two, when the Three Musketeers realize that the shuttle had a crew of eight rather than one.

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About time someone told the truth. And he is exactly right on every. SINGLE. POINT. It's a planet full of stupid apes and we are TRYING to do better...doing it very poorly.

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I would like to kick him now. Lightly, mind you.

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I'm disinclined to show him such restraint.

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"Dan, please stop talking before you cause any more pain."
"He deserves to know the truth about--"
"Dan I will show you animal violence if you don't shut up this second."

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and you will go through that window.

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"What window?"
"You'll see it in front of you after going through this here wall."

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With Dan in hand!

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Only because he forgot to let go...stupid monkeys.

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Also because they wouldn’t let him let go.

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Why? He said the right and HONEST thing.

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Telling Gharr that the shuttle was shot down was indeed honest. But breaking the news to him via a sudden hate-fueled rant about the evils of humanity, while Gharr himself was trying to figure out how to break uncomfortable news to them, was a pretty cruel way to go about it.

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Not really, it's the best way to save the universe from having to deal with humans. Fictional or otherwise.

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You've a very, very cynical view of humanity. Also, none of what Dan describes is actually a deal-breaker, the Alliance has been willing to live with much worse neighbors. Their real concern is whether we could withstand open contact with them.

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nope because.

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Sure, but not in the right way, or at a good time.

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This is one of those things where. There is no right time or right way. And everything he said about our species is spot on.

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God damn it Dan

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God damn it Dan!

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does Gharr think they were hit by a meteorite or something?

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I think he might have had outright amnesia about the whole thing. He went from business-as-usual to concussed in the space of about 10 seconds, and his line on waking up was "What happened? I don't remember anything."

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https://www.leavingthecradl...

This is his recollection on coming to.

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What a way to find out...

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Why does Gharr look surprised?

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Memory loss: https://www.leavingthecradl...

His shock might be two-fold, one obvious, the other perhaps attributed elsewhere. We won't know until... whenever Darth catches up.

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Threefold, actually, that we know of.
1: Oh no, my friends were hit with something that was designed to be deadly!
2: Oh no, my first contact scenario just became a worst contact scenario!
3: This all happened because I gave Zane a falsified report saying there was no risk of this.

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I don't qutie remember what I was thinking, but those are all still valid as well.

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you forgot 4. "this is a planet full of violent idiots". Oh and I forgot to say that last week.

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Not an oversight. I don't expect Gharr to think that.






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Raharr's version of a salute is generally performed with closed eyes, available free pair of hands raised to the shoulder level, and the right hand gripping the left fist, with the index finger pointing up. Its symbolic meaning is "Be your flame burning forever and brightly".