F-201-Lia: Spanial (Hyperspace to Mundo Zargo), Kort’s Cabin
“I don’t know about ungainly flesh shapes, I think some of us can be quite beautiful.
“I try and look after my…ungainly flesh shape…and keep it fit, strong and, I guess, as attractive as I can…”
He stops, “but that’s actually not the point. There are plenty of people I don’t care about, let alone caring about whether a dangerous alien feels someone’s trespassing on its personal space.”
“But don’t you feel the need to do something? If there was another species creeping around one of our planets in a heavily armed ship, wouldn’t you want to do something?”