R. Wilson Monroe, Ivan Chanderpaul and others in “Unfinished Business”

Do we view an alien commingling of our gene pool as a favorable step towards integration into a larger community? Or as a threat?

[a Buddhist] Well, one can only hope... that a union between those of Earth and elsewhere is possible. Such marriages will foster bonds of family and generate trust between disparate peoples.

[a psychologist] If you thought children of race-mixed parents took abuse at the hands of other children, wait until one is born with tentacles.

Seriously now, what is the big deal? Firstly, I do not believe Aeryn's pregnant with John's baby, and secondly, if she was... [shrugs and smiles vacantly]