03/11/2009

Mar11

by admin on March 11, 2009 at 12:00 am

wright

March 11, 2009, 8:00 am | # | Reply

I’d been wondering about the apparent lack of xenophobia in this world’s human culture. It makes sense, what with regular contact with the Threllichok and the Tareg. I would imagine xenophobes still exist, but as a small minority who are mostly laughed at or pitied if they make their views known. Something like Fred Phelps and his ilk in our world, only more so.

Still, considering how deeply tribalism has marked human history, I have to wonder how the early history of Requiem might have really gone. Perhaps Clarence is going by the “official” account of how first contact with the Threllichok went down, and there were “incidents” that never made it into the records. Our regrettable treatment of our own kind makes me pessimistic that we’d do that much better on meeting non-humans.
James Roden

March 11, 2009, 8:05 am | # | Reply

Official account indeed. There have been a few accidents. Especially in the days leading up to the Threllichock and humans first meeting “officially”. Heck, the first notice the Threllichock had of House humans was when the Threllichock ate one who got too close to a northern hive.

Requiem: Silence