Okay but imagine being the team of Eridian scientists tasked with keeping Erid's Only Human alive for as long as possible while the whole planet's environment is literally trying to kill him. And then Rocky shows up and is like:
“Grace says he would like half of dome to be water.”
“Oh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?”
Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. “No. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.”
“Tell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.”
“No. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.”
“WHY QUESTION???”
To celebrate Erid getting their sun back on track, Grace asks for some alcohol. There's a small amount left from the Hail Mary and Rocky offers to take it to the science Eridians to see if they can synthesise more.
“Grace want this liquid for celebration.”
“Of course.” They scan it. “You have wrong liquid. This contain compounds which are poisonous for humans.”
“Yes yes yes. Grace say humans like feeling of being slightly poisoned.”
“WHY QUESTION?????”
Grace is like one of those extremely finicky tropical fish who instantly die if not kept in extremely specific conditions.
Only here the fish can talk and keeps asking you to make it vodka.
Given the number of obsessive tropical fish keepers the real issue is there is only one fish.
Eridians are fighting over minute details over the tank settings and decor. That gravel is too big, the artificial ocean waves aren’t hitting the simulated shore correctly. We need more fake plants to make the human happy but not those ones.
When, years after Grace has passed on, other humans eventually arrive on an exploration ship to say hello, all hell breaks loose. The humans were hoping for friendly second-contact but did not expect for swarms of Eridians to compete for the right to house them. Each Eridian attempting to attract human visitors to their own obsessively designed biodome and house.
