Challenge #00588 - A213: Explaining a Lot

Was trying to figure a way to rephrase this, but I reckon it’s probably best to send it to you in its original form: “(s)he/ze had a troubled childhood” == “They had a troubled evolution…” (a lot of the questions were me) – recklessprudence

“…and this is Ambassador Shayde. Her species had a difficult evolution.”

The assembled welcome committee aahed and nodded.

“Must ye do tha’ every time we go somewhere?” Shayde murmured.

“You don’t look very human, so the answer is ‘yes’,” said Rael. “Not very many non-human species are insane, so…”

“Humans are no’ insane,” Shayde denied. “’S nobody else understandin’ what makes sense tae us.”

“Explain figure skating to me? How about base jumping? Or parkour… How about - why pole dancing continued to have a stigma against it for two hundred years? Why did your kind create an entire field of anti-science.”

“Awrigh’ awrigh’… Ye got a point with the Creationists. But every planets’ got it’s nutbars, aye?”

“Not as many as Earth,” sighed Rael. “Your planet has enough nutbars to stock a health store.”

Shayde laughed at that. “Aye. An’ enough fruitcakes tae feed Christmas. Fine. But do me a favour an’ point out the other nutbars. I like tae collect.”

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