Global Warming Fun 4: They Taste Like Chicken Page 11

PARTNERSHIP WITH HUMANS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL."

  "AGREED," said Jerry.

  "AS YOU SAW FROM OUR MEETINGS TODAY BOTH THE STONE-COATS AND THE JANTS ARE HIGHLY LOGICAL AND PRACTICAL," said Ed. "HUMAN SUPPORT WILL BE THE HARDEST TO GET AND SUSTAIN. MOST PEOPLE ARE BUSY JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE NOWADAYS. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT; MERE SURVIVAL HAS NEVER BEEN ENOUGH FOR HUMANS."

  "HERE ON THE RESERVATION YOU HAVE DONE REMARKABLY WELL TO SURVIVE," noted Jerry. "YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR STONE-COAT PROBLEM AND MADE A SOLUTION OF IT. BUT THE TRIBE IS IN TURMOIL; I CAN SENSE IT IN THEIR THOUGHTS. SURVIVAL IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE TRIBE EITHER."

  "YES, YOU ARE RIGHT," Ed agreed. "WE ALL NEED A BIGGER VISION; ONE THAT TRIBE, HUMANITY, STONE-COATS AND JANTS ALL OWN."

  "DEVELOPING BOTH JANT AND STONE-COAT BUY-IN FOR OUR AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE SPACE PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL FROM A WORLD-WIDE SURVIVAL PERSPECTIVE," said Jerry. "BOTH JANTS AND STONE-COATS MAY ALREADY BE FAR MORE FAR POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS THAN EVEN YOU AND I KNOW THEM TO BE. THEY HAVE TO BE MADE OUR ALLIES."

  "JANTS HAVE LIMITATIONS THAT WE LARGER SIZED HUMANS COMPLEMENT, AND THAT IS TRUE OF THE STONE COATS AS WELL," said Ed. "I THINK THEY ARE BOTH BECOMING WISE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT. FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE THEY NEED US AS MUCH AS WE NEED THEM, BUT THEY ARE RIGHT TO DISTRUST HUMANS. HUMANS ARE DEFINITELY THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE MEMBERS OF OUR THREE WAY