"Yes, I realize that. But—well, look at the screen."
The other studied the picture. The scales of his forehead strained erect as he pondered the contrast Mittich had already noticed.
"Observe the one on the left," the Assemblyman suggested.
Interested, Vrausot bent forward. "You don't suppose—?"
"Yes, I do. This is our chance to study both sexes."
"I—" The other hesitated.
"There could be significant psychological differences, you realize." Mittich pushed ahead while he had the other's attention. "Why, we can't even be sure which is dominant."
The two alien creatures had gone out of the picture, leaving only an empty image of soil and rocks.
"It would be nice to display a pair of them at the Curule Assembly, wouldn't it?" the Chancellor said thoughtfully.
"That's what I had in mind. A positive demonstration of our superiority. So much more convincing than empty hisses and clicks."