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* [[Humans Are Special]]: In spite of prevailing opinion being the above, that humans are a dangerously insane species that going to be trouble in the long run Lord Merethon, the creator, believes that they have an as yet un-realised potential and should be left alone to find it.
* [[Humanity Is Insane]]: Both the Wawaka and the Fefethil express this opinion at different points; partly over Ralph trying to kill two Wawaka while they are held captive aboard a Fefethil ship, when firing the weapon would cause a hull breach and kill ''him'' along with them.
* [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves]]: As part of the [[Humans Are Bastards]] theme, Theloc gives Ralph a moderately lengthy [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] as to ''why'' the rest of the galaxy regards humans as dangerous, insane monkeys who they dread ever reaching the technological level required to leave their home planet. A goodly part of this focuses on the inherent nature of Man to posion himself, his environment and his tendency towards violent conquest and killing other humans.
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: The Fefethil use their advanced technology to wipe the memories of humans who've come into contact with them or with the Wawaka. Usually they just do this, as many of the people they've encountered in the past have been hysterical or catatonic; with Ralph, since he was conscious and aware and had come into contact with them via discovery rather than abduction, they let him choose. {{spoiler|After the Wawaka attack at the end of the book, the Fefethil put everything back the way it was and wipe everyone's memories (except Ruby and Ralph's) of the event.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: In spite of all the [[Cultural Posturing]] going on from the other alien races Ralph meets about how crappy humans are, it was a Fefethil who designed and built all the planet-killing super weapons that they all used in wiping out the Attock as a race. And the Wawaka are keen on conquering the rest of the galaxy, which is why they're searching for Sephotic's tomb in the first place, having gotten a few rungs up the galactic pecking order courtesy of a rare mineral found on their planet.
* [[Not Bad For An X]]: Theloc concedes that Ralph is ''"not unintelligent, for an ape."'' As part of the Fefethil's request of Ralph that he try to find the Tomb of Sephotic for them so they can hide it somewhere else, Theloc also admits that, if Ralph did manage this, he would stop calling humans apes. {{spoiler|At the end, Theloc leaves a tombstone engraved with the Psalm 8 quote above where Sephotic's tomb used to be}}.
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