: This is an especially weird pfhrase for early contact between humans and
: pfhor in M1, even more unusual than Frog Blast the Vent Core. Frog Blast
: the Vent Core is garbled nonsense, which is something you'd expect aliens
: that know nothing about humans to say in an attempt to blend in. But the
: very first simulacrums say only one thing: "Thank god it's you!"
: Someone had to program these things, right? Where did the pfhor learn that
: from? I don't think it's something they'd hear the BoBs say. When a Bob
: meets a pfhor, I'm pretty sure the last thing they'd ever say is
: "Thank god it's you."
They can monitor our communications with each other and translate it -- that's largely what the S'pht are for. Once they know how to speak our language, they make their walking bombs say something to put their targets at ease -- saying "Thank God it's you!" as they run up to you gives you the impression that they are running to you for protection, and not for some other reason like, say, to explode on you.
