These beings were havenworlders, kept hidden by their live suits. When seen outside of them, many humans recoiled at the shock. Cute, they were not, but more like lichen-covered amphibians. -- Lessons
"The suit is not merely to protect me," these Havenworlders recited, "it is also to protect thee." Further enquiry revealed that the Mycophybians gave off spores when they were in season. Many of which were toxic to a significant percentage of the Alliance and further, often evaded a lot of the extant filters.
Technology was still catching up with that. To the point where it was easier for a Mycophybian to use their personal filters than to expect the habitats to do it for them.
Further, their appearance often triggered a primitive nursing instinct in a great many cogniscents. Making them regurgitate as a direct result[1]. So their interface with the rest of society was an artificial face. Often of varying quality[2].
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