When first contact was made between us and them, there was not a sense of hostility as many had feared, but of curiosity. Two alien biospheres having emerged and thrived independently and now finding one another in a vast sea of emptiness, a testament to one another that there are myriad other ways to succeed. Greedily and enthusiastically, we learned and learned and learned from one another...

Both sides were immeasurably disappointed with how much bullshit they had in common.