by Alicorn » Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:00 pm
"...Dying of what cause?"
In theory it wouldn't matter, but if they're having trouble with some manner of enormous disaster or shortage he might be able to help without committing to anything else, whereas if this poor alien is just reasonable levels of agitated about its conspecifics dying of old age Cam's caution can't change, and if they are having a gigantic war with more aliens still and they want him to fix their supply lines or outfit them with warships - then that's pretty much what he needed to know right there, isn't it, although he doesn't relish being kept in a box by pissed-off floating blue creatures for such reticence.