[Horror] Terror Ignored?

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Honestly, you'd think a temporary tenant in the body would be more willing to dispose of the contents of the original owner's bank account...

The Great Race of Yith does seem to adhere to a standard of ethics, though a decidedly non-human one. Within the constraints placed upon them by their natural lack of familiarity with many of the trivial details of daily life a native of the visited place-time would take for granted (but which the traveler, possessing a superior intelligence, can usually pick up the bulk of in relatively short order), they appear to take some care not to disrupt the life of the exchangee more than what their studies necessarily entail.

Peaslee says, of the amnesiac time while his body was occupied by the visiting alien mind. "I was given charge of my funds, and spent them slowly and on the whole wisely, in travel and in study at various centres of learning."

[vitruvian]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

The Great Race of Yith does seem to adhere to a standard of ethics, though a decidedly non-human one. Within the constraints placed upon them by their natural lack of familiarity with many of the trivial details of daily life a native of the visited place-time would take for granted (but which the traveler, possessing a superior intelligence, can usually pick up the bulk of in relatively short order), they appear to take some care not to disrupt the life of the exchangee more than what their studies necessarily entail.

Peaslee says, of the amnesiac time while his body was occupied by the visiting alien mind. "I was given charge of my funds, and spent them slowly and on the whole wisely, in travel and in study at various centres of learning."

Sure, but who's to say that time down at the pub buying rounds for your exchangee's pals doesn't count as sociological study?

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Sure, but who's to say that time down at the pub buying rounds for your exchangee's pals doesn't count as sociological study?

Well, there are a few reasons that the traveler didn't engage in a lot of social interaction: It's off-putting to the natives; It's time away from the more factual studies that seem to occupy the Great Race's interest; And it overlooks the strengths of the traveler's intellect. Plus, there's not a great deal to be learned from such that they wouldn't either already know, or could learn by interrogating the exchangee.

The upshot is... If you can get him to go to the pub with you, you should be ready to pick up the tab :)