Jenny Kaye said:
Of course, it's possible that he cited it every time some aliens turned up (we know the Mellanbys had visitors, such as Justin),
A unique approach to the Welcome Wagon. but his people might have got a bit sceptical after a while.
Would they? People can be very stupid, and if he took a "See-- we got rid
of
those ones but the next ones could kill us" line, wouldn't it have kept
them
in a nervous and easily controlled state? And the prophecy keeps being partly fulfilled, because the outsiders who do turn up don't do anything
to
show they're not unfriendly,
It is in the best interests of a professional priesthood or military caste to have elaborate defensive rituals. and the Mellanbys (Mellanbies?) Drive Bys? keep shooting
them.
But then, why didn't Dayna say "Father said we got along well with them
when
we first arrived, but now they just attack us?" And why do the Mellanbies treat them like animals to be conditioned or killed?
"I am a man--nothing alien is human to me?"
-(Y)