more humans are weird…

windywords123:

Okay, so we’ve talked about inanimate
objects like Stabby the space roomba. Fair enough, the aliens think,
after adjusting their mental frameworks a little. It moves around,
it’s got some intelligence,
humans just aren’t very good at distinguishing ‘animate’ and
‘inanimate’ and will pack-bond with anything that moves. Weird, but
okay.

But then:

Human Sashi: What
are you doing??!

Alien fusid:
…Eating the first meal of the day? I believe you call it
‘breakfast’?

Human Sashi: No, I
mean… you’re using my cup!

Alien fusid: Dishes
were provided by the space station.

Human Sashi: Well,
some of us brought our own – my friend doesn’t like them; too
standardized. But that’s not what I was talking about. That’s my cup!

Alien fusid: I
apologize, but it looks exactly like the other cups.

Human Sashi: No it
doesn’t.

Alien fusid: …What?

Human Sashi: It’s
got a chip in the corner, see?? I mean, it’s fine, but just… don’t
do it again, okay.

Alien fusid: I had
the strangest interaction with a human today.

Alien Wimu: The
humans are quite odd. What occurred?

Alien fusid: It had
pack bonded to a cup.

Alien Wimu: …a
cup?

Alien fusid: Yes.
It is a regulation cup, but it has a chip. Apparently, we are not to
touch it.

Alien Wimu: …

Alien fusid: …

Alien Wimu,
meditatively: The humans are certainly very, very odd.