It was a few months after Maikia had arrived on the spaceship and then agreed to become intimate with John that he sat her down and, with surprising tact for a human, presented her with a red dress to wear. She thought about it carefully.
"Oh I understand! I read about this! Humans have a tendency to want what they don't have. And since I observe my culture's traditional norms and do not wear clothing, you want me to wear some because it will be different and thus exciting?"
"Well, sort of. See, there was this character called Uhura, right?"
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