Free Alien Romance: Caged By The Alien: Scifi Alien Abduction Romance (Alien Romance, Alien Invasion Romance, BBW) (Celestial Mates Book 4) by Marla Therron Page A

the orb's contents she felt as satisfied as if she'd just had a full meal. She pinched off a bit of the container and tried it too. It tasted fine, but the waxy texture dismayed her.
    "Do you want the rest of this?" she offered it to Tau through the bars and he accepted it with a grateful nod, having just finished his own.
    "So," Penny propped up some of the pillows behind her, fidgeting, "When does the interrogation begin?"
    "I am still acquiring the means to explain to you your crimes," Tau said, breaking the orb into pieces and popping part into his mouth, "The need for it took time to explain. But there is still time before the hour of rest. We can begin now."
    "And how do we begin?" Penny asked, a little worried.
    "Please tell me about Humans," Tau asked, "A better understanding of your species can only help."
    The question was so polite that for a moment Penny was confused. But he was right. Better understanding each other could only help.
    "Well..." Penny hummed thoughtfully, unsure how to word things, "Humans are mammals, if that means anything to you."
    "We have many on this planet," Tau confirmed, "But none intelligent. Small furry creatures that bear live young."
    "Exactly," Penny was relieved there was a point of reference for him at least, "Humans also bear live young. We live in small family groups, usually a mated pair, their young, and parents or siblings of the mated pair, though that depends. The family groups tend to gather together. So you'll have many family groups living near each other and working together. When one of these collections of groups, these herds, gets big enough, one of the people will become a leader and begin making decisions for the whole herd.
    Sometimes there are fights over who will be leader. Sometimes, someone becomes a leader and then decides the herd will fight other herds, for resources or because they don't like each other. But that doesn't happen very often anymore, because the biggest herds have all decided to make peace and cooperate. Almost all of my team came from different big herds, which we call countries, because all of those countries agreed on wanting to follow your signal and find out what your species was like."
    "How strange," Tau frowned as he listened, and Penny feared much of it was going over his head, "And inefficient. Why do they fight over leadership? It should be obvious who the most fit leader is. And why do the countries remain separate if they aren't fighting anymore? Wouldn't it be easier to just make all your species into one country?"
    "It probably would be," Penny agreed, "But we would lose something as well. Every country is made of smaller groups, which are in turn made up of families, and every country and every group and every family has cultures and traditions and ways of living that are completely unique.
    For humans, things that are rare and different are very special. We want to preserve all of these different ways of living, so that every person can look back and say- This is what my family does. This is how my people have done things for generations.
    This is the art and music and food and lifestyle that shapes who I am. Like this, every single person's life becomes a unique experience, and therefore rare and special and valued. If we all became one country, it might be harder to hold on to those differences that we value."
    Tau's frown was growing. Penny could tell he was having trouble understanding.
    "How do you manage to do anything," he muttered, "How can you get anything done, when you are all different? You cannot be of one mind. You cannot work as a unit."
    "We can," Penny tried to explain, "We can be unique and still cooperate."
    He shook his head like that idea was ludicrous and there must be some other explanation.
    "Tell me about your castes," he said, "You are an ambassador. Are the others on your team ambassadors as well? They look the same. What is the class that can become leaders? Is it similar to how the winged males can