"Well, tell us about it. All about it!"
"I was accused of murder, tried in a court of law, convicted, sentenced to death and executed."
"Irrelevant," a Vegan snapped. "Tell us about the two categories. Did you find out about that?"
"Yes."
"Is there a significant difference?"
"They call it sex," the Sirian temporized.
"Come, come, delete the alien terminology."
"There are men—and there are women," he said, striving to gather his thoughts and his dignity about him. It was no use. The patina of his vastly expanded corona was a dead, pink giveaway. "Just one minute ago," he confessed, "I was a man, juxtaposed with a woman, exploring the differences between the categories."
"Were the differences important? Significant?"
"To the humans, very!" He tried to sound detached.