The alien Raven was beating on the head roared. "Ooop," Raven said. "Now you've done it. What dropping babies on their faces is a cultural tradition, huh?" She climbed up enough to be able to lean over and grin upside down in said alien's . . . face-type area. "That means I'm paying you a compliment, right?"

The alien threw her across the room.

"Or not!"