365 Days of Drabbles: Day Sixteen

[jeriendhal]

For dhoz: What happened to the other intelligent, tool-using species of Earth in For Your Safety? i.e. Captive chimps?

He leaned over the desk, looking at the pandamorph. "Look, I appreciate your sentiment. Believe me, if I thought it could work I'd help you, but the chimps and apes in here just can't survive out there."

"Unlike humans, they never separated themselves from the Earth's ecosystem. There is no reason to bring them up to the Ring, or subject them to the trauma of Processing."

"Impasse then," he said. "I'm not going to help you kill them in a hopeless attempt at acclimation."

"No." The pandamorph's expression grew... disturbingly thoughtful. "But Our caring for them would be good practice."

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Run for the hills I think. Having 1,500 years to examine chimp behavior and then try to use that data to extrapolate human reactions when they're reawakened to live on the Ring is going to be... interesting.

[stasia]

Bwauahahaahahaaaaa!

Well, that'll be a surprise for everyone involved - chimp behavior and human behavior are not aligned well.

*snort*

Stasia