<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Curiouser and curiouser.  It seems everyone is adapting remarkably well to this tragedy.  Just asking, but am I overplaying the effects of their being marooned on an alien planet?  I mean, all my characters are human, and all humans react to this kind of horrifying disaster with fear, shock, and abnormal behavior.  However, you all are mostly aliens.  They seem biologically identical but, of course, that says little for culture.  Are they from cultures that breed a callousness to these kind of traumatic events?  The coolness that they talk with seems to indicate so.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/>Question first,  Are you ever gonna post IC so that we can move the story along?<br/><br/>Now to address your musings:<br/><br/>Again, could be a matter of Seems vs Is here.  You are assuming that all humans would react the same way to grief, loss... etc.<br/><br/>Two character's did something that could very much be construed as reacting to shock/grief etc.  They had sex.  This is a very human/humanoid way to react to loss and grief and a harrowing experience.  They reached out to another being, and broke it down to a basic level.  All four of the characters banded together and have kept together.  That bonding is also a sign of their loss.  In times of stress, those who can pull together for the greater good of all.  It's only the morning of the day after after all.  They are still in hero rescue mode.  Grief, shock, anger... etc. they didn't have much time for it.<br/><br/>Oh, and Aura wasn't just celebrating her love for her boots.