TRUDY: “My space chums are really quite concerned about the Stress Factor we are so susceptible to. They said to me, “Trudy, beyond any bio-force we have ever encountered, Human Nature is the most thought-stirring, neuro-numbing, heart-boggling of all.”
Just as the whole chemistry of the ocean can be found in each drop of sea water, all the profound emotional polarities of Human Nature are crammed into each bio-container, or to use our term, ‘human body’. It could be just too much for any one bio-container to grapple with…

Frankly, I think my space chums are showing signs of stress, too. Something they said makes me think they’re planning on leaving here. They said they wanted to pick up a few souvenirs and some post cards. So I took ’em to some shops around Broadway and, frankly, I was embarrassed for my species. Everything was in such bad taste. But they understand; they said, “Earth is a planet still in it’s puberty.”