Local resources are great! Recycling is wonderful! But consider: toilet paper.
"I'll have to check those out. I mean, I don't mind taking advantage of what we have here but also, I need clothes that fit." Alec thought he had problems at home with his stupidly long legs, but in a place where the aliens had an extra set of arms, suddenly having a tall inseam seemed a mundane problem. "I'll have to check out that machine and box."
What's really interesting though is information about the spaceport. It's the first time Alec has heard that people have actually gone off planet. "So the ships actually do leave once in a while and aren't just for show?"
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"I'll have to check those out. I mean, I don't mind taking advantage of what we have here but also, I need clothes that fit." Alec thought he had problems at home with his stupidly long legs, but in a place where the aliens had an extra set of arms, suddenly having a tall inseam seemed a mundane problem. "I'll have to check out that machine and box."
What's really interesting though is information about the spaceport. It's the first time Alec has heard that people have actually gone off planet. "So the ships actually do leave once in a while and aren't just for show?"