Jon heard more skittering and saw two more aliens, crawling down the walls like spiders on either side of him. The three converged at his body and a strange communication started.
How they spoke was a telepathic broadcast, not to any specific mind, but to the general area of the room. It wasn't in any human language but bizzarrely enough the imagery was strong enough Jon could easedrop on it.
"Strange, this specimen has the type B body plan, note the flat chest and dangling appendages. Obviously this world has evolved two species co-habitating in a symbiotic way."
"I have an alternative hypothesis" The second spider said, "This species has multiple genders and unlike us needs to pair up opposites to reproduce."
"PREPOSTEROUS!" the second spider replied, "I am sure two specimens with the same body plan could reproduce quite easilly."
"This is where experimentation comes in", the third spider said calmly, "any questions about gender or reproduction in this species can easilly be handled through a anatomical modification, or a few simple social experiments."
"NO WAIT" Jon SCREAMED, "I CAN EXPLAIN IT ALL TO YOU"
The third alien looked at Jon quizzically then turned to the other two. "Simple minded creature, I wish I could understand their grunts and screams, but their brainwaves are far too primitive to convert into language".
