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Memory 13: Exit from Phoenix
Aug. 28th, 2011 01:51 pm( Akin is small and up in the mountains with the Phoenix humans, when he smells Oankali. He is cleaning a vase, and puts it down to find Tate, who is digging up things. )
What Akin Learned
Actually, mostly this reinforces things he's already known, besides that Tino survived. He collects things for ooloi -- in this case, his ooan, but in adult Akin's case, he might have a ooloi mate -- because, well, it feels nice to share things, and ooloi can do things with the information he can't. His mother is ambivalent about the Oankali, which is one reason why he was so determined to find her better way. His relationship with Ti is messed up because the Oankali essentially decided to use him as a scout on resister humans, which annoyed his family because, dammit, you guys, our kids.
Truthfully, Akin can see why the Oankali don't get humans and that they need to understand. He even has enough self-knowledge to know that a construct had to be a bridge -- even Lilith couldn't explain humanness to them well enough for them to truly get it. OTOH, he can also notice that it would have been nice to not disrupt his family and his own life to get this information.
Sabra is another data point for him. Sabran humans can be a lot crueler than resisters, since some Judges reward cruelty, and really there's a lot more threats than 'each other's bad tempers' and 'ennui'. OTOH, Akin persists in believing a lot of what humans do is from fear or their hierarchical urges.
What Akin Learned
Actually, mostly this reinforces things he's already known, besides that Tino survived. He collects things for ooloi -- in this case, his ooan, but in adult Akin's case, he might have a ooloi mate -- because, well, it feels nice to share things, and ooloi can do things with the information he can't. His mother is ambivalent about the Oankali, which is one reason why he was so determined to find her better way. His relationship with Ti is messed up because the Oankali essentially decided to use him as a scout on resister humans, which annoyed his family because, dammit, you guys, our kids.
Truthfully, Akin can see why the Oankali don't get humans and that they need to understand. He even has enough self-knowledge to know that a construct had to be a bridge -- even Lilith couldn't explain humanness to them well enough for them to truly get it. OTOH, he can also notice that it would have been nice to not disrupt his family and his own life to get this information.
Sabra is another data point for him. Sabran humans can be a lot crueler than resisters, since some Judges reward cruelty, and really there's a lot more threats than 'each other's bad tempers' and 'ennui'. OTOH, Akin persists in believing a lot of what humans do is from fear or their hierarchical urges.
