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e   entir e   process .   Wher e   thes e   activitie s   resul t   i n   pleasurabl e   sensation s   for being s suc h a s yourself , fo r u s th e effec t i s quit e th e opposite .   Thi s   applie s   bot h   t o   th e   male s   an d   females o f ou r   specie s   and ,   incidentally ,   t o   mos t   othe r   being s   aroun d   th e   GALAX Y   a s   well.""Ca n   yo u   compare th e sensatio n t o anythin g els eI migh t b e abl e t o understan d o r identif y with ? I s it , lik ea toothache , or-"
    "It' s   mor e   lik e   havin g   you r   gonad s   caugh t   i n   a   vise ,   excep t   tha t   w e   fee l   i t   al l   over .   Yo u   see ,   on K-PA X   pai n   i s   mor e   general ,   an d   t o   mak e   matter s   wors e   i t   i s   associate d   wit h   somethin g   lik e   your nausea , accompanie d b ya ver y ba d smell . Th e momen t o f clima x i s lik e bein g   kicke d   i n th e   stomac h   and fallin g int oa poo l o f mo t shit."
    "Di d yo u sa y mo t shit ? Wha t i sa `mot'?"
    "A n anima l somethin g lik e you r skunk , onl y fa r mor e potent."
    " I see. " Unforgivabl yI bega n t o laugh . Thi s imag e couple d wit h th e dar k glasse s an d suddenl y   serious demeano r   - -   well ,   a s   the y   say ,   yo u   ha d   t o   b e   there .   H e   grinne d   broadl y   then ,   apparentl y   understanding ho w i t mus t hav e sounde d t o me .I manage d t o regai n m y composur e an d carr y on . "An d yo u sa y i t   i s   the sam e fo ra woman?"
    "Exactl y th e same . A s yo u ca n imagine , wome n o n KPA X d o no t striv e ver y har d t o reac h orgasm."
    "I f th e experienc e i s s o terrible , ho w d o yo u reproduce?"
    "Lik e you r porcupines : a s carefull y a s possible . Needles s t o say ,   overpopulatio n   i s   no t   a   proble m   for
    us."
     
     
     
     
     
    "Wha t abou t somethin g lik e surgica l implantation?"
    "Yo u ar e   distortin g   th e   importanc e   o f   th e   phenomenon .   Yo u   hav e   t o   bea r   i n min d   tha t   sinc e   th e   life
    spa n fo r ou r specie s i sa thousan d o f you r years , ther e i s littl e nee d t o produc e children."
    " I see.. . Al l right . I' d lik e t o ge t bac k t o you r ow n childhood . Ca n yo u tel l m ea littl e abou t your upbringing ? Wha t wer e you r parent s like?"
    "That' sa littl e difficul t t o explain . Lif e o n K-PA X i s quit e differen t   fro m   tha t   o n   EARTH .   I n   orde r   for yo u t o   understan d   m y background ,   I   wil l hav e   t o   tel l   yo u   somethin g   abou t   ou r   evolution. "   H e   pause d   at tha t point , a s i f wonderin g whethe rI woul d b e intereste d i n hearin g wha t h e ha d t o say .   I   encourage d   him t o proceed . "Well ,I suppos e th e bes t plac e t o star t i s a t th e beginning . Lif e o n KPA X   i s   muc h   olde r   than lif e o n   EARTH ,   whic h   bega n   abou t   two-point-fiv e   billio n   year s   ago .   Hom o   sapien s   ha s   existe d   o n   your PLANE T   fo r   onl y   a   fe w   ten s   o f   thousand s   o f   years ,   giv e   o r   tak e   a   millenniu m o r   two .   O n   K-PAX ,   life bega n nearl y nin e billio n o f   you r   year s   ago ,   whe n   you r   WORL D   wa s   stil la   diffus e   bal l   o f   gas .   Ou r   own specie s   ha s   bee n   aroun d   fo r   fiv e   billio n   o f   thos e   years ,   considerabl y   longe r   tha n   you r   bacteria. Furthermore ,   evolutio n   too k   a   quit e   differen t   course .   Yo u   see ,   w e   hav e   ver y   littl e   wate r   o n   our
    PLANET ,   compare d   t o   EARTH-n o   ocean s   a t   all ,   n o   rivers ,   n o   lakes-s o   lif e   bega n   o n   lan d   or ,   more precisely ,   underground .   You