The Tourist by Richard A. Merk

Author:Richard A. Merk
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Inimitably Superfluous
Published: 2010-12-26T08:17:56.156000+00:00

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Curiosity

“Hello,” said Dexter. “How are you? It’s nice to meet a visitor to this planet.”

The alien tourist rose to its full height. Dexter hadn’t realized until just that moment how large it really was; it towered at least two feet above his head. It looked down on him and Alex and made snuffling noises with its big black nose.

Alex took a small, non-threatening step forwards. “My name’s Alex,” she said. “What’s yours?”

The alien made a deep rumbling noise from somewhere inside its body. It sounded like the sound a purring cat would make, if the cat were the size of a Berengarian dragon. “Hroooou,” it rumbled at Alex.

Alex blinked. “Who? You, of course.”

“My name is Hroooou,” rumbled the alien.

“Hroooou,” repeated Alex. She smiled. “Nice to meet you. This is Dex.”

Hroooou grinned and pointed at the communicator pin on Alex’s chest. “Talking machine has funny accent,” he rumbled.

“The universal translator? Well yeah, that’s human technology for you…”

Hroooou cocked his head quizzically at that statement.

Dex jumped into the conversation. “Say, Hroooou… Where are you from? We’ve never seen another member of your species before. It must be from a long way away, right? Are you from the Gamma Quadrant?”

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