I'm speaking Sector Standard. [She says it plainly, because she's not sure what failing of logic has led him to believe that she speaks the language of a little landmass on a planet she'd never even heard of before today.
She's also not sure what failing of logic meant that she didn't question the ease of their communication, but that's one she'll keep to herself.] I could switch to Company Standard, or Siduri'in, or Devetka... [There, that makes her point well enough.]
Look, you don't find your individuality by copying others. That's as true for cultures as it is for people. If you want your homeland to flourish, you need to encourage imagination and invention among your own people. Of course trade is essential, but you have to make your trading partners see the value in what you produce. [She shrugs.] I like my old bed better than the ones here. It was smaller, but it folded right up to give you more workspace. [It's a very silly complaint, but perhaps she can be forgiven for all the culture shock. Ari's not used to inefficiencies of space.]
We don't have that word in Standard. Marriage. I'm not sure what it is. Partnership contract is a special type of being in contract where you both pledge to each other, and it's often about romance but not always. Sometimes it's business. It depends on the situation. Tradeliners can do it, but it's difficult, because it'd have to be with someone on your own ship. It wouldn't work if they were planetside, you'd only see them a couple of times a year at best, so there wouldn't be any point. The contract would be up before you'd spent much time together.
As for why I personally can't? I have ambitions. I want my own ship someday. Can you tell me that if you were in command, you'd allow a pregnant woman to work aboard a ship that could be going into battle? That you'd allow children there? It's ruinous to a career. [Ari is exaggerating. There are Tradeliner careerists who take a year or two away to have a baby, and then leave it to be raised by family while they return to the stars - but at Ari's age, even the minimum necessary time away seems like an unacceptable delay.]
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She's also not sure what failing of logic meant that she didn't question the ease of their communication, but that's one she'll keep to herself.] I could switch to Company Standard, or Siduri'in, or Devetka... [There, that makes her point well enough.]
Look, you don't find your individuality by copying others. That's as true for cultures as it is for people. If you want your homeland to flourish, you need to encourage imagination and invention among your own people. Of course trade is essential, but you have to make your trading partners see the value in what you produce. [She shrugs.] I like my old bed better than the ones here. It was smaller, but it folded right up to give you more workspace. [It's a very silly complaint, but perhaps she can be forgiven for all the culture shock. Ari's not used to inefficiencies of space.]
We don't have that word in Standard. Marriage. I'm not sure what it is. Partnership contract is a special type of being in contract where you both pledge to each other, and it's often about romance but not always. Sometimes it's business. It depends on the situation. Tradeliners can do it, but it's difficult, because it'd have to be with someone on your own ship. It wouldn't work if they were planetside, you'd only see them a couple of times a year at best, so there wouldn't be any point. The contract would be up before you'd spent much time together.
As for why I personally can't? I have ambitions. I want my own ship someday. Can you tell me that if you were in command, you'd allow a pregnant woman to work aboard a ship that could be going into battle? That you'd allow children there? It's ruinous to a career. [Ari is exaggerating. There are Tradeliner careerists who take a year or two away to have a baby, and then leave it to be raised by family while they return to the stars - but at Ari's age, even the minimum necessary time away seems like an unacceptable delay.]