Most humans found the appearance of the alien race uncomfortable, with a strong resemblence to human sized Insects, but the ambassador had long since lost such qualms. As a telepathic hive mind race, they didn't have a name for their own species, or anything similar to human speech, so humans (one human) had learned to call them insectaurs. Which is why Clockblocker had been forbidden from any further first encounters. The ambassador would usually have been considered a worse choice for diplomacy, leaving aside her . . . complicated . . . reputation, but her comfort with giant insects, her familiarity with hive minds and her ability to directly communicate with the species made her a suprising good choice.
"The ability to travel to alternate timelines . . . meet strange versions of yourself . . . . an interesting technology", the insectaurs queen . . . communicated.
"Letting us take part in this exploration to see different universes and different histories of our . . kind . . as well as yours is interesting."
The young woman, who'd had many names for such a comparatively short life, been considered a villian, a hero a monster and a saint had no illusions that she was a divise figure amoung even her friends. However she had jumped at a chance to do some good, without having to be in another battle.
"Dinah calculated that this is a world in which our species made contact, and one untainted by entities. It should be a good choice."
Worm / Ender's Game - because ruthless tactical genius.
"The ability to travel to alternate timelines . . . meet strange versions of yourself . . . . an interesting technology", the insectaurs queen . . . communicated.
"Letting us take part in this exploration to see different universes and different histories of our . . kind . . as well as yours is interesting."
The young woman, who'd had many names for such a comparatively short life, been considered a villian, a hero a monster and a saint had no illusions that she was a divise figure amoung even her friends. However she had jumped at a chance to do some good, without having to be in another battle.
"Dinah calculated that this is a world in which our species made contact, and one untainted by entities. It should be a good choice."
Worm / Ender's Game - because ruthless tactical genius.