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Approo Stsoori, by Howard Phillips

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Long, long ago, in a galaxy quite close by, there lived a dryly humorous young fellow by the name of Marr. He was an alien, and so, of course, his society was quite different from ours. The Archtellians had to spend all their time training to pass the Archtellian Rite of Passage, after which they would become full Archtellian knights – Tturrs.

These trainees were called Zells. To pass the rite of passage, the young Zells had to demonstrate a certain amount of stoicity and emotionlessness. The instructors of Marr were happy with many aspects of his training, but they couldn’t bear the constant ironical comments that he would make during the tests. And for this reason, they wouldn’t allow him to become a full Tturr, and he had to spend years and years trying to suppress his dry wit.

But eventually there was a change of government, and the new, enlightened leaders decided that they would forgive the Zell his humour in light of his sterling ability in warfare. And so, after a very, very long time, Marr-Zell finally became a wry Tturr.

Howard Phillips