"So let me get this straight," said Lieutenant William Sands as he walked out of the lift that stopped at Engineering. Beside him was B'loor, one of twelve T'aal stationed on Starlight.
"There hasn't been any case of humans and T'aal getting it hot and heavy, ever?" asked Sands.
B'loor stopped walking and looked at the young lieutenant for a while. Sands knew that B'loor must be considering his choice of words. The T'aal have never been fond of metaphors and in fact, there were still a few who'd use a translator when speaking to humans.
"No," said B'loor and resumed walking.
"But that's just crazy!"
"No, Lieutenant, crazy would be hounding me for five decks and following me around the ship."
"Hey, I'm just curious..."
"Yes you are."
"You know what I mean."
"Look Billy," B'loor stopped again and looked at the human. He knew that sometimes by using a less formal address, humans can be made to reason.
"In the four decades since we've made contact with Earth, there hasn't been any reported cases of sexual relations between our peoples," B'loor said, touching Sands on his arms and continued talking without breaking eye-contact.
"When we arrived, your planet was already in bad shape. We immediately went to work with your leaders and started this space program to help you look for a new home," continued B'loor letting go of Sands.
"Yes, but haven't you guys been, you know, curious?" asked Sands with a grin on his face.
"As you know, the T'aal have no gender, we can mate with any one of our species, anytime. Hence, there is no need for us to experiment with other lifeforms. Something humans should well learn when we eventually meet other alien races."
"But men have urges, don't we?" said Sands as they started walking again.
"We? The fact that you keep referring to us as male is primitive, not to mention annoying. However, we've grown to accept it. And no, we do not have 'urges' as you put it. However we are constantly amazed by yours, the crew has really been at it... hot and heavy, recently."
"But..."
"Lieutenant, I do have duties to attend to," B'loor said and he walked away before Sands could say anything else.
The doors to Engineering hissed open and B'loor walked in. He was glad that Sands wasn't following him anymore. As he approached a console to check on the readings, the T'aal felt a little guilty lying to the human, he has grown quite fond of them. The truth was, there were reasons why there cannot be any sexual relations between his species and the humans. The T'aal Council had classified this information so as not to jeopardize their relations with human. B'loor knew that if the humans found out, there would be an outbreak of hysteria and suspicion all around.
It took many years for the T'aal to earn their trust, and B'loor would be damned if he'd let this secret slip and watch everything they've built with the humans end in waste.
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