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The Second Interview of Dr. Jamisson Neruda
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Dr. Neruda: “Yes, they’ve been involved from the beginning. The Corteum are as
integral to the Labyrinth Group as any of its human members, so nothing is hidden
from them. The leader of the Corteum mission to earth is called—in English—
Mahunahi, and he happens to be an artist first and foremost, and a scientist is his
secondary nature. He was always excited to see and hear about our findings. He asked
if we could create a way station to the Ancient Arrow site so he could visit the site
himself, but it just wasn’t practical to do so without drawing attention to the site.”
Sarah: “I have a few oddball questions, so bear with me. First, every time you mention
a member of the ACIO, Labyrinth Group, or Corteum, it’s always a male reference.
Are there any women in any of these organizations And second, why would an artist
be the leader of a space mission of the Corteum That seems very strange to me.”
Dr. Neruda: “In answer to your first question, it’s true that the Labyrinth Group is
mostly male. I’m not aware of this being by design, but rather by accident. One of the
directors is a woman, she’s in charge of communications, and, as a director has a Level
Fourteen clearance. We also have nine females who are in the Twelve or Thirteen
clearance categories, all of them are extremely bright and capable and share
responsibility with their male counterparts without any form of discrimination… at
least that I’ve ever been aware of. We even have one married couple. Each person—
regardless of sex—is paid the identical sum of money and has all the same privileges…
there’s no distinction whatsoever within the ranks of the Labyrinth Group, and that’s at
Fifteen’s insistence.
“As for the Corteum, they’re all males. Their culture is much more role-defined than
our own. And it’s not to say that the females are treated as the lesser sex… no, in fact it
may be quite the opposite, it’s just that space travel and interaction with other species is
left to the male sex until species interaction procedures are brought into play. That’s so
their children can retain access to their mothers and their families can remain more
intact. Most, if not all, of the members of the Corteum contingent are married.
“As for your second question, the Corteum look at science, religion, and art as three
equal members of a unified belief system that defines their social order. As I
understand it, leadership varies between each of these three elements of their social
order, depending on the contact that is made with an alien race. When they first made
contact with humans it was decided that the leadership should come from the ranks of
the artistic side because they felt we were more of an equal in this domain and thus the
leader could more appropriately understand our motivations and desires.”
Sarah: “That’s interesting. They actually thought we were more artistic than scientific
or spiritual. I guess now that I think about it, I can understand that. As a race, we
probably are more inclined in that way than the others.”
Dr. Neruda: “That was their assessment any way.”
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