They were relieved that I was chosen by a human being, " she'd said to Angelica in her dry voice. "They were braced for an interspecies liaison.

Edith Pearlman
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They were relieved that I was chosen by a human being," she'd said to Angelica in her dry voice. "They were braced for an interspecies liaison." In this quote, the line is spoken by an alien to the daughter of one of his previous hosts. The previous host's daughter has been captured by aliens and taken somewhere else. The daughter is with an alien during a conversation that is taking place.

The daughter is just talking with her alien, but in a way that shows the alien's thought process. This quote explains how important it is for a person to have a relationship with a human being, even when it's a relationship like this one. The human relationship gives the alien an advantage over his alien enemies.

Source: Binocular Vision: New And Selected Stories

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