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* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: Xandri is great at reading aliens' body language and establishing a connection with previously uncontacted races, but she finds her own species to be by far the most confusing. She's reluctant to work with the Anmerilli partly because they look too human for her to be comfortable with them.
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Xandri is great at reading aliens' body language and establishing a connection with previously uncontacted races, but she finds her own species to be by far the most confusing. She's reluctant to work with the Anmerilli partly because they look too human for her to be comfortable with them.
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* DarkSkinnedBlond: Xandri is described as having caramel skin and dirty blonde hair.
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* AtlantisIsBoring: ''Tone of Voice'' focuses on sea creatures, but aside from one scene, most of the action takes place either on the water's surface or on a land mass.
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* HandHidingSleeves: Xandri likes soft, baggy tunics that cover her hands.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first story doesn't use the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming theme of communication-based terms, but it is also numbered as the 0th story. Implying some sort of Prologue-nature.
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** [[spoiler:The anthropologist Hans Klee disables the ContainmentField that will eventually kill all the Hands and Voices inside it, but is currently protecting him from a [[SeaMonster disharmony]]. He is killed as soon as the field goes down.]]
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** [[spoiler:The anthropologist Hans Klee disables the ContainmentField that will eventually kill all the Hands and Voices inside it, but is currently protecting him from a [[SeaMonster disharmony]].SeaMonster called a disharmony. He is killed as soon as the field goes down.]]]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: With some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness where the first story, or 0th, doesn't use the title theming of communication-based terms. The books are, in order, ''Testing Pandora'', ''Failure to Communicate'', ''Tone of Voice'', ''Facial Expression''.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: With some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness where the first story, or 0th, doesn't use the title theming of communication-based terms. The books are, in order, ''Testing Pandora'', ''Failure to Communicate'', ''Tone of Voice'', ''Facial Expression''.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive:InnocentlyInsensitive: From multiple people:
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0. ''Testing Pandora'' (November 3, 2016; [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/60440912-testing-pandora originally published on]] Website/{{Wattpad}})
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2. ''Tone of Voice'' (May 1, 2018)
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2. ''Tone of Voice'' (May 1, 2018)
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* MadwomanInTheAttic: Some lines seem to imply that Xandri spent part of her youth as one before being institutionalized.
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* BiTheWay: Xandri is shown having crushes on both men and women, but nobody remarks on it, including Xandri herself.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Cybernetics is referred to as chroming. Most people have personal nanobots and [=HUDs=], and the protagonists all have translator and filler implants that allow them to talk to aliens and breathe on other planets. Some people have prosthetic limbs, although those have become increasingly uncommon as regeneration technology improves. Advantage chroming, or chroming not done out of necessity, includes weapon implants, bulletproof skin, limb mods for greater athleticism, and eye and finger mods that make it easier to cheat at cards.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Cybernetics is referred to as chroming. Most people have personal nanobots and [=HUDs=], and the protagonists all have translator and filler filter implants that allow them to talk to aliens and breathe on other planets. Some people have prosthetic limbs, although those have become increasingly uncommon as regeneration technology improves. Advantage chroming, or chroming not done out of necessity, includes weapon implants, bulletproof skin, limb mods for greater athleticism, and eye and finger mods that make it easier to cheat at cards.
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* BrainComputerInterface: Most people have technology that can be activated neurally. Xandri doesn't because her unusual neurology makes it hard to control her thoughts - the last time she tried using one, her wristlet started blaring out a lecture on the breeding habits of naba eels in the middle of an important debriefing.
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* LongevityTreatment: The characters have genetic modifications for life extension. One character in ''Tone of Voice'' has worked as a field anthropologist for almost a century.
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* FirstContactFauxPas: In ''Failure to Communicate'', Xandri's team arrives on a new planet and is promptly attacked by the inhabitants. Eventually Xandri realizes what happened - the locals fight in a crouching position and misinterpreted the team's attempts at being nonthreatening. When Xandri stands up straight and strides boldly towards them, the fighting stops, because what looks like aggressive behavior on Earth is seen as peaceful and submissive here.
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* YouKilledMyFather: In ''Tone of Voice'', the reporter Ashley Betancourt is the daughter of two well-regarded journalists who were murdered by LHFH terrorists. To get revenge, Betancourt faked evidence against the LHFH and was caught, ruining her career.
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: In ''Tone of Voice'', Xandri's heart has stopped after a near drowning. Diver does gentle chest compressions, which don't do anything. Then one of the Hands whacks her on the chest, and she immediately starts coughing up water.
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* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Diver does this to two mooks using a small {{mecha}} he calls the gorilla.
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* TechnicallyASmile: A prominent LHFH terrorist is described as having "the sort of oily smile that clung to your skin, but never reached ''his'' eyes."
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* WarIsHell: The battle in ''Tone of Voice'' between the Last Hope for Humanity and the Alliance takes place on two fronts, in the ocean and in the jungle. The ocean battle sees massive casualties on both sides, with many humans and Voices killed and mangled. The jungle battle goes a lot better for the Alliance, but Xandri is still traumatized from seeing her allies dead or wounded.
--> All the gunfire filled the air with smoke and vile smell, and as the sun began to climb above the horizon, shedding reddish-orange light beneath the canopy, I began to grasp the Christian image of Hell.
--> All the gunfire filled the air with smoke and vile smell, and as the sun began to climb above the horizon, shedding reddish-orange light beneath the canopy, I began to grasp the Christian image of Hell.
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* AtlantisIsBoring: ''Tone of Voice'' focuses on sea creatures, but aside from one scene, most of the action takes place either on the water's surface or on a land mass.
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* ContainmentField: In ''Tone of Voice'', the Last Hope for Humanity use one of these to trap a number of Hands and Voices within an area, then drop raw meat into the water to attract the [[SeaMonster Disharmonies]]. They plan to wait until the field is surrounded, then deactivate it and let the Hands and Voices get eaten.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Happens twice in ''Tone of Voice'':
** [[spoiler: A Voice named Sings In The Depths Of Darkness, aka Darksong, swims towards a bomb dropped by the Last Hope for Humanity, getting herself blown up so the other Voices can learn how close they can get to the bombs without setting them off and safely disable the others.]]
** [[spoiler:The anthropologist Hans Klee disables the ContainmentField that will eventually kill all the Hands and Voices inside it, but is currently protecting him from a [[SeaMonster disharmony]]. He is killed as soon as the field goes down.]]
** [[spoiler: A Voice named Sings In The Depths Of Darkness, aka Darksong, swims towards a bomb dropped by the Last Hope for Humanity, getting herself blown up so the other Voices can learn how close they can get to the bombs without setting them off and safely disable the others.]]
** [[spoiler:The anthropologist Hans Klee disables the ContainmentField that will eventually kill all the Hands and Voices inside it, but is currently protecting him from a [[SeaMonster disharmony]]. He is killed as soon as the field goes down.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: Xandri shuts down from stress and grief near the end of ''Failure to Communicate''. Instead of attending [[spoiler:her bodyguard Katya]]'s funeral, she sits in her room and stares at the wall, and can't bring herself to say anything even when Christa comes into her room and accuses her of being unfeeling.
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* HeroicBSOD: Xandri shuts down from stress and grief near the end of ''Failure to Communicate''. Instead of attending [[spoiler:her bodyguard Katya]]'s funeral, she sits in her room and stares at the wall, and can't bring herself to say anything talk or cry even when Christa comes into her room and accuses her of being unfeeling.
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* UniversalUniverseTime: Everyone seems to measure time in hours. The standard day used by starships is twenty-six hours long; Cochinga's days are twenty-seven hours.
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* VineSwing: During a jungle battle in ''Tone of Voice'', Xandri notices a soldier under her tree with a grenade. She swings down on a vine so she can kick him over and throw his grenade away.
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* VineSwing: During a jungle battle in ''Tone of Voice'', Xandri notices a an enemy soldier under her tree with a grenade. She swings down on a vine so she can kick him over and throw his grenade away.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Xandri spends six months living on Karrckchak and working as an attoaong, or matchmaker. Every Ongkoarrat who isn't sex-repulsed is required by law to find someone to reproduce with, so attoaongs are an important part of society.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Xandri spends six months living on Karrckchak and working as an attoaong, or matchmaker. Attoaongs create partnerships of all kinds, from lovers to friends to business associates and in groups from two to twenty, but Xandri works only with romantic couples. Every Ongkoarrat who isn't sex-repulsed is required by law to find someone to reproduce with, so attoaongs are an important part of society.
* CurbStompBattle: ''Tone of Voice'' features a jungle battle between LHFH terrorists and Alliance soldiers of various species. The LHFH deliberately know as little about other planets and species as possible, while the Alliance's soldiers include the Psittacans, who can kill a man in seconds and have evolved to be very good at fighting in the jungle. As a result, the LHFH army is decimated, while the Alliance only loses eight fighters.
* HeroicBSOD: Xandri shuts down from stress and grief near the end of ''Failure to Communicate''. Instead of attending [[spoiler:her bodyguard Katya]]'s funeral, she sits in her room and stares at the wall, and can't bring herself to say anything even when Christa comes into her room and accuses her of being unfeeling.
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* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: In ''Tone of Voice'', one of the Voices says, "We have talked it over for many of what you call hours."
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* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: In Two examples from ''Tone of Voice'', one Voice'':
** One of the Voices says, "We have talked it over for many of what you call hours.""
** Later, another character mentions being "ten Sanavin years" older than another.
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* GoingForTheBigScoop: In ''Tone of Voice'', three reporters manage to sneak onto Song so they can report on what was supposed to be a classified mission. They're quickly caught and placed into custody, but they still manage to sneak off by themselves, even getting onto a boat at one point. [[spoiler:Their boat is surrounded by [[SeaMonster Disharmonies]], who bite one of them in half before backup can arrive. Later it turns out that they accidentally led both the Zechak and the Last Hope for Humanity onto Song.]]
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* MagicMusic: The Voices have genetically engineered their [[OrganicTechnology coral]] so it responds to their song.
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* ThePeepingTom: At one point, Xandri catches a [[GoingForTheBigScoop reporter]] trying to watch her change. She shoots him with her stun gun.
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* SeaMonster: ''Tone of Voice'' has giant predators known as Disharmonies. They attack in packs and can easily take down Voices or ships.
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* SwitchingPOV: ''Tone of Voice'' alternates between Xandri and Diver's viewpoints.
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* BiteOfAffection: Xandri's parrot Cake occasionally nips her. She has to blow on him whenever he does it so he doesn't develop a habit.
* ColourCodedEmotions: The Hands can't talk, but they have other ways of communicating, including changing color.
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* HeadsUpDisplay: Most people have a personal HUD that provides detailed information about everything they look at. Xandri had one as a child, but she found all the information overwhelming, and her parents had it deactivated after she collapsed from overload in public.
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* HeadsUpDisplay: Most people have a personal HUD that provides detailed information about everything they look at.at and lets them communicate without anyone else overhearing. Xandri had one as a child, but she found all the information overwhelming, and her parents had it deactivated after she collapsed from overload in public.
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* OrganicTechnology: ''Tone of Voice'' involves two species, the Hands and the Voices, that have developed a technology that allows them to grow buildings out of coral.
* OverlyLongName: The Voices all have extremely long names. Even the abbreviations are long, like Sings Brightly Beneath the Waves.
* OverlyLongName: The Voices all have extremely long names. Even the abbreviations are long, like Sings Brightly Beneath the Waves.
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* TheSymbiote: The planet Song is home to enormous, sapient sea creatures called the Voices. Each Voice has between two and a dozen Hands, smaller cephalopod-like creatures that follow them around their whole lives.
