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It was impossible not to learn about the aliens Their power and technology see home) as did the amount of information available about them I must have heard a thousand and one facts about theeof the holy fa seas, lush forests and huge open plains The cities seemed clean and well-ordered Family homes were spacious and comfortable

The alien families themselves were similar to our own in soroup itself on the homeworld was considerably ether under the same roof There were two sexes (as I had supposed) Promiscuity, however, was unheard of When an alien found a partner (and once the partnership had been given approval by the eldest female in the family) the tould be married in a simple ceremony and then mate And every tie of genetic inforical quirk was that, over tian to assu would, therefore, be aleneration had coether in this way it had resulted in a lack of any strong variation throughout the entire race There were no &039;black&039; or &039;white&039; aliens, there were just aliens

Their genetic quirks did not end there Once their general schooling was coenetically assessed Their potential skill levels were then matched with any prevalent social, moral and economic need to decide upon their required vocation In essence, therefore, it was their biological and emotional make up that decided the path their lives would take, not any personal choice

Having such an incredible understanding of their genes and their bodies in general, the aliens were, unbelievably, able to calculate their projected date of death (accidents and errors and o lives would be calculated accordingly so that there was a fair and equal opportunity for each one of the away I found that concept particularly hard to co the date ofdays I had before I could stop and rest? Such cold precision and knowledge would dofor a living and I enjoyed the luxury of being able to get up and not have a clue what I was going to do or where I was going to go I thrived on the new-found spontaneity of my life