"I'm afraid we don't."
"For heaven's sake, what part of the Solar System do you come from that you don't know a housing when you see one? Ganymede, Mercury, Jove, Venus, Bacchus? Although I was under the impression that the entire system used the same terms."
"One moment," Fred said. "What system are you talking about?"
"This system here, naturally."
"We come from a different part of the Galaxy, a part that is called the Solar System by those who live there."
There was a multiple rustling of thoughts which disturbed the Speaker momentarily.
"Please, gentlemen, please! Will every Senator please quit his housing so that we have less of these physical interruptions?"
Every member of the assembly sat down, relaxed his body and rose gently above it with a clear and uncluttered mind.
"Thank you, Senators," the Speaker said. "Now. Do we understand that you come from some other part of our galaxy?"