click-speech

Updated: July 23, 2025

Webber began to "talk". Kieran stared at him, fascinated. He had expected words primitive words, perhaps resembling the click-speech of Earth's stone-age survivals, but words of some sort. Webber hooted. It was a soft reassuring sound, repeated over and over, but it was not a word. The rattle of stones diminished, then stopped. Webber continued to make his hooting call. Presently it was answered.

Edmond Hamilton - The Stars, My Brothers