And on that farm he had a -- dear God, what is that thing?

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

He'd gone back to the ship and spent a day in preparation, contacted the ship about transport, made the purchases...  And so now he had a couple cages of swine -- the individual in the ridiculous fur cap had called them targs, but the seemed quite boar-like.

There were cattle -- six-legged cattle, but cattle all the same, and the individual in the ridiculous broad-brimmed hat had assured him their milk would be safe for the consumption of the humans.

And he had some actual deer, on the oath of yet another man in a ridiculous hat. Skittish, but he was going to get them situated one way or another.

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[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"Excellent, Thank you." A pause. "I am pleasantly surprised that STA'C K'LTRRB'TXFT has offered no apparent resistance to this project."

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

"Nah, we won't see any of that til she decides they count as crew members, I'm guessing. How the fuck do you handle that mouthful?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"Several centuries of discussing the Sharnhaishian Guild Commander Yuaw Khta, and the fact that I do not have to use my tongue. I will not call her Stacy. We are not friends."

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

"That's fair enough, knew a guy back home who would probably do the same thing... if just to prove he could say it. Good plan though, cause yer right. Too much we don't know yet."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"Indeed. And who was this guy, so proud of his pronunciation skils?"

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

"We just called him Scruffy the Recyclable Man. He referred to himself as a mummy... ancient Aztec priest who gets reborn over and over again. His real name was hard to pronounce... but he got used to Scruffy."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"How... Interesting. Aztec. Those are on the new continents, yes?" For an alien, The Chancellor has a bit of a Eurocentric view of Earth.

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

That takes a moment. New continents?
"Uhm... yeah. Aztecs, ancient civilization. First time Scruffy died, far as he can figure, was a few thousand years ago."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I beg your pardon. I am not as well-versed in any Earth history not known to the English in the fourteenth century. We have good access to spy satelites, but it is still fairly sporadic information. The only of Earth's ancient civilizations I know well are the Druids, Hebrews, and Romans."

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

"Druids, huh? Used to know this Verbena chick who called herself a druid. Really into the sex magic thing. Otherwise, couldn't tell you much about anything other than sort of the Aztecs, through learning shit from Scruffy."