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:
āGrace says he would like half of dome to be water.ā
āOh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?ā
Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. āNo. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.ā
āTell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.ā
āNo. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.ā
āWHY QUESTION???ā
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.
āGrace want this liquid for celebration.ā
āOf course.ā They scan it. āYou have wrong liquid. This contain compounds which are poisonous for humans.ā
āYes yes yes. Grace say humans like feeling of being slightly poisoned.ā
āWHY QUESTION?????ā
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.
