humans are space orcs-type situation where almost all sapient aliens are one of or the sole dominant apex predator on their home worlds so no one is that surprised by the whole āhumans are ravenously hungry predatorsā thing. itās the future. we have lab-grown meat for almost everyone, and the few sapient herbivores we do have are very understanding about āiām an obligate carnivore iām gonna starve if i canāt eat at least mostly meatā so thatās fine
what they are very put off by is the social behavior. theyāre mostly lone predators who will pair-bond with a mate or a small group to raise young, but not any more than that, so the concept of humans hanging out in groups that are hundreds strong is very odd
itās not even that the desires for companionship and touch are weird. many species have domesticated some of their planetsā wildlife for the same reasons humans got dogs and horses, so theyāre familiar with friendliness as a trait, but theyāre used to it in animals that are, for fear of sounding rude, kinda dumb
humans are so, so wildly not dumb, and the combination of wicked smart and very friendly is a bit eerie to everyone. the human equivalent situation is something like āour hunting party adopted a golden retriever we saw on the street, and she spent like four hours cuddling with us, at her request mind you, and then grabbed a wrench and fixed our hyperdrive without asking. no one explained to her how one works and she claims sheās never seen one before and just āfigured it out.ā i donāt know what to make of thatā
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