Gan’s mother, Lien, initially refuses to drink the egg until T’Gatoi pressures her to, chiding her for suffering needlessly and allowing old age to take her earlier than it has to, since the eggs also have a life-prolonging effect on Terrans. Gan and his family are drinking sterile Tlic eggs, which for Terrans have a narcotic, pleasant effect, while T’Gatoi sits with them and talks. The Tlic and Terrans have formed an interdependent relationship around this arrangement, and live peaceably amongst each other.Īn adolescent Terran named Gan, who is mated to a female Tlic named T’Gatoi and will soon be implanted with her eggs, is visiting his family at their home. Since the Terrans are ideal hosts, the Tlic of the Preserve have formed an arrangement with them: the Tlic offer protection and the Terrans offer one male from each family to serve as a host to Tlic eggs. The Tlic, who are large, intelligent, centipede-like beings, are parasitic and need host animals for their eggs. On an unnamed alien planet, a group of humans (referred to as Terrans) live in a protected community called the Preserve, along with a segment of the ruling alien race, the Tlic.
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