(They chatter awkwardly. Now that she's asking them to give examples, it is ... difficult.)
We...
(Their headflaps ripple, and keep rippling.
How do they put into words the attachments that go beyond valuing the use of things, the need to engage in actions that drain resources for no practical benefit, the way all their knowledge and all their logic add up to one solution but their consensus chooses another, as though there's some undefined error deep within?
They look at themselves, uncertain of how best to answer.)
no subject
We...
(Their headflaps ripple, and keep rippling.
How do they put into words the attachments that go beyond valuing the use of things, the need to engage in actions that drain resources for no practical benefit, the way all their knowledge and all their logic add up to one solution but their consensus chooses another, as though there's some undefined error deep within?
They look at themselves, uncertain of how best to answer.)