valdus t1_j9x4llr wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Reply to comment by thoughtsthoughtof in [WP] The aliens, it seems, do not consider us a sentient species because we are unable to 'keeneetaa'. We still haven't figured out what that means. by limbodog

But if they had something resembling telepathy, they likely wouldn't have had to develop oral languages.

Perhaps we are weird in having external emotional expression. Perhaps a Xenkathi or Rrpktgnh cannot have an entire conversation with just facial expressions like Humans can. Maybe all the other aliens use something like purring at different frequencies as a shared language, and don't recognize our facial movements as one.