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There were two varieties of aliens -- blue and bluer -- but not as blue as the Earthmen!
Even if I'm only a space pilot, I'm not dumb. I mean I'm not _that_ dumb. I admit that Dr. Ellik and Dr. Chon outrank me, because that's the way it's got to be. A pilot is only an expendable part. But I had been the first one to see the natives on this planet, and I was the first one to point out that they came in two attractive shades of blue, light blue and dark blue.