Chapter 301 - Humans
Vulwin
After spending nearly six months with the First Generation Humans, he began to understand things a little better. Not much, but enough that he wasn't caught off guard by every little saying or gesture.
When the Human Leader told him that the trip would take a matter of several months, Vulwin about shut down. Never in his many years had it taken more than two months to travel from one place to another while on the same planet. And that was already glacially slow!
It was absurd!
While that wasn't the only culture shock, nor even the first one, it was by far the largest. He'd expected a cozy few days, maybe a week or two, to sightsee the new planet while reaching his destination.
Not the long slog it had turned into!
The funniest part was that for the humans, this was their second time making the trip! Not only did they spend so much time doing it once, but they were doing it again!
It was enough for him to start asking questions.
Not right away, he spent those initial days feeling out his new company. It wouldn't do to start off on the wrong foot like the Nine Rivers Association. They had butted heads with the inhabitants immediately and had to swiftly backtrack to make amends.
Sure, the vast Cultural difference between the Merchants and the First Generation could be blamed, but everyone knew that going in. To instantly make a faux pas not even a day into arriving? That was just bad leadership.
Instead of saying something he shouldn't or stepping on places he shouldn't, Vulwin watched and waited. He listened in and observed the interactions that they had with one another so he wouldn't accidentally make a mistake.
He'd met many Humans before, and there were even some with him, but every Culture was different. The Ursonian Humans were of help, but not much. They were just too different.