Highly intelligent, and very kind, cephalopod-like beings invite their human friend to visit their home. The ship goes down to a planet that has very, very few areas of actual dry land, and a vast ocean with enormous cities beneath. -- Anon Guest
Interspecies relationships are very interesting. The Cephalopoda have made a series of mistakes in their interactions with -shall we say- more rigid cogniscents. Chief amongst these is what the Humans refer to as the Octodad Incident for reasons known only to them.
Invited underwater to Fliborth's home town, Human Kieth was more than shocked to see Fliborth squirm through an opening no wider than a few centidus[1] in diameter. Human Keith knew hir friend was naturally aquatic, but this... seeing him squish like that was just unnerving.
"All is clear," said Fliborth through the comms. "Just leave your livesuit on the rack and come through the 'lock."
"Uh... buddy? I dunno how to tell you this, but I don't squish like that." In the end, Keith had to demonstrate by removing a Livesuit glove and showing off hir phalanges.
"Oh. Right. Bones." Fliborth squeezed back out and announced, "I know an island that's a decent size. I can breathe the air for two to three hours at a time. All will be fine."
"I can swim," said Keith. "So we can share the holiday. Just... not the holiday we planned."
"We will adjust Homereef accordingly," Fliborth assured. "Next visit will be better."
For the record, the next visit was.
[1] Centidu - One hundredth of a Standard Distance Unit, and roughly equivalent to a centimeter.
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