“male human. Please come inside, and we can talk. I’ll be in the room to the right of where you will come out of the airlock.” You slowly walk out of the airlock, freed from the robotic hands. As you turn right, you see the Kichi sitting on what appeared to be a beanbag at a table.
“Please come sit down,” she states, gesturing towards a beanbag on the other side of the table. You sit down, and she continues speaking. “So, this is what a human looks like. Very interesting. I heard that you have only met the Erimosi so far. We are glad to finally meet up with your species. From the Erimosi, we have learned that you are a very ticklish species, and I have confirmed that with the cleaning. So, human, you have done fairly well at the first test for being so ticklish. Let’s get down to business, though. Where are you most ticklish?”
Remembering Erin’s advice about the Kichi’s perceptions based on manipulation, you decide to negotiate and try to manipulate the Kichi herself. “I’m afraid I can’t tell you that, unless you are willing to make some exchanges with humans.”
“What kind of exchanges?” the Kichi asked, seeming curious.
“First and foremost, I must be guaranteed safe passage from this ship back to my own when we depart,” you begin the negotiations. “Secondly, when you return to your home planet, the human race is to be respected as a fellow species in the galaxy. Thirdly, I will need to know your most ticklish spot. Fourthly, I will need to tickle you and be able to tell the human race how ticklish the Kichi are. For this, you will need to return to my ship so we can get proper measurements. With the tickling, we must make sure that no one gets exhausted, so five Earth minutes is the maximum time for a session of tickling. My watch will beep when the tickling should stop. Lastly, you must tickle me on my ship, as to assure me that I will be respected as a fellow species. How does that sound to you?”
“I think we might be able to make this work,” she answers, “but before we go back to your ship, I will need to be able to tickle you here to finalize the measurements on the ticklishness of humans. I must also be tickled here before we go back to your ship so that I can be guaranteed, as you say, to be ‘respected as a fellow species’. Following this, we can go to your ship and perform the experiments there. Also, as you said first, I will need to be guaranteed safe passage from your ship back to mine prior to departure so that we can both go free. Finally, the Kichi have advanced in science, and I received an operation that allows me to endure more tickling than normal, so I can stand double the normal tickling. If you want, you can tickle me for ten Earth minutes. Are these conditions agreeable?”
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