"Dude, most eyes can't look out through the window of a space ship and see small details on the surface," Tommy points out. Not everyone has eye powers. "And you have to wonder how much of what we have just comes from stuff they got from before them. They seem... I don't know. Like kids?"

That was Tommy's read. Of course anyone that hugged that much got a mark of 'youthfulness' from him.

"Competence. I don't know if they're rolling in it."