"People who're letting their world know about other worlds are rarer, but I can let them know about you, sure."

"Is there a reason that's rare?"

"It's a lot of work to really do anything with it, and there's a risk that people won't believe you or won't react well. Plus other worlds can be dangerous. That's why I'm not introducing mine to anyone."

"I'd certainly like to know how to mitigate the risks insofar as that's possible without completely sleeping on the opportunities."

"It's not something I've thought about much."

"Why not?"

"It hasn't really come up - I don't scout like this very often, and someone who was already in Milliways wouldn't have a reason to ask me for advice about it."

"And you're not interested on your own behalf or for your people?"

"Not really. I have a stockpile of things for emergencies, but my tribe would panic if I tried to show them how big the multiverse really is."

"Why's that?"

"We're very low-tech, and we don't have a great history of getting along with other species - it usually goes pretty poorly for us if they know we're around at all."

"Oh, why's that?"

"Partly cultural differences and partly that most kobolds don't talk, so other people assume we're animals."

"I'm sorry, that sounds very difficult. - Is there anything you'd advise looking out for in species that seem like they might be animals to make sure?"

"I'd expect different species to handle it differently. We avoid other people, like I said, so there's not much to notice; even if you're trying to figure it out you're not going to see us avoiding your traps or whatever."

"I suppose someone might notice if they were trying to catch a lot of alien animals to study and one species never got caught."

"If you know they exist in the first place, yeah. We try not to let people know."

"That you exist or that you're people?"

"That we exist, or that we're living in a particular place."

"I suppose that's not necessarily lonelier than being the only species of people on a planet, which most are until they develop space travel."

"Hm?"

"The Federation as a matter of policy doesn't contact anyone who is pre-warp. Other civilizations don't have this policy but in practice usually don't anyway."

"If that's lonely I wouldn't expect having more people to fix it."

"There are a lot of people who find it nice to know that there are other kinds of people out there."

"I suppose."