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[ Having a telepathic first officer, and having had the alternate timeline old man version of that first officer dump an entire lifetime worth of memories and emotions into his head via telepathic contact, Jim's not able to find himself too fussed about whatever's going on, here. He wonders a little if the liberties being taken are a kind of privacy screen, which is considerate, though not as considerate as not having done this at all would have been.

But, hey, aliens. What can you do. ]

I wonder if those same adjustments have been made to the old stories about the planet.