The Festival on Lyris Five

'Hu-man...I would like words with you, hu-man.' 

  The voice had a pronounced Thrang'I accent. I turned from
glum contemplation of my fifth - or maybe sixth - Norton's Mindwarp
of the night to confront its owner. Even in my befuddled state,
through the purplish fug of the Martian Arms, I could tell he was
displeased. He waved an arm in my face, and I watched in fascination
as muscles like boa constrictors rippled under his green skin.

  'I was just on my way out - perhaps we could leave this till
tomorrow?'

  Two more arms flailed threateningly. 'Hu-man...I want words with you
now.'

  'Oh, very well.' I smiled engagingly. 'Can I get you a drink?'

  It's difficult to read expression on a face that looks like a
rotting cauliflower, but I assumed from the fact that I had been
forced into a chair and had ten photosynthetic fingers tightening
around my throat that my offer had been declined.

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