he listened intently and then reached up to pat her shoulder. "i am sorry your parents were such failures. their behavior is disgusting but it in no way diminishes your achievements or worth. as i said before, i cannot promise she will be receptive to your interests, but at least you will have tried and she will understand your feelings... even if nothing comes of it i think you will both feel better in the long run." he chuckled quietly and looked up at her and then grinned. "i don't know anything about mating rituals on your world but i can tell you how it is here. as the aggressor, that is to say the one attempting to initiate mating, it is your job to impress her. a proclamation of interest is a good start, now you have to find a way to get her attention. when i was courting my wife i started by flying up to her window and singing, as a people we love songs and she loves sad songs more then any other so i sang them for her... to be perfectly honest i was so embarrassed by my voice that i wanted to die putting myself on public display like that but the bravery i showed in doing so impressed her enough to get my wing in the door so to speak. i didn't have a job yet so i had to save up two months of my basics to get tickets to see her favorite singer perform in person, the kiss i got when i showed her the tickets nearly made me pop off in my pants if you catch my meaning. getting them past the reserved level suddenly opens a whole world of passion that will make your dreams burn and light fire in your... parts. I've heard you don't lay eggs so i make no guesses about what your um... anatomy." he frowned and sighed quietly. "this isn't public knowledge yet but the Counsel has been ramping up weapons research and production. they have also begun building new reactors to power more powerful defenses... the commander of the city protectorate, my boss, saw your weapons and tried to get the city Counsel to enlist you to begin a military. he was quickly shut down because we knew nothing about you so it was deemed premature."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>