Heh, in retrospect, I think I’d make a terrible space diplomat. My alternate solutions involved self-mutilation aboard the bridge of The Impossible Possible Word to demonstrate the temporary nature of bodily pain, and appeal to the idea that the pain threshold experienced by children isn’t actually high enough to make invasion of the human starline worth going through.
Heh, in retrospect, I think I’d make a terrible space diplomat. My alternate solutions involved self-mutilation aboard the bridge of The Impossible Possible Word to demonstrate the temporary nature of bodily pain, and appeal to the idea that the pain threshold experienced by children isn’t actually high enough to make invasion of the human starline worth going through.