"look zyg if I wanted to kill you I'd have done it already can you please just trust me already we just want to be friends"
[ID: A detailed, black and white ink drawing of a scene from the short story Cry from a Far Planet, by Tom Godwin, showing a large, cat-like alien with black fur and lighter markings rearing up on their hind legs, using one paw to brush the face of a human man, who tries to move away from it, holding a scifi gun in one hand, his other arm raised to protect himself. The two are standing inside a darkened spaceship, with knobs and dials around them. End ID.]
Cry from a Far Planet, by Tom Godwin, from Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1958.
Also available as an audiobook on Librivox's youtube channel in this collection video
I love this concept. yes. Lets travel the stars together and make friends with people!!! And stop having communication issues!!!!
not that the telepathy is a guarenteed way to fix the communication issues. as is the whole thing going on here. RIP
