AlsoPaisleyCat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lothcat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lothcat</span></a></span> </p><p>If we go with <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Caitians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caitians</span></a> & <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Kzinti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kzinti</span></a>, like Vulcans-Romulans, being one species in origin - as put forward in B-canon <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WorldsOfTheFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldsOfTheFederation</span></a> & confirmed by <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Niven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Niven</span></a> himself in <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PlaygroundsOfTheMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlaygroundsOfTheMind</span></a> - then it’s not at all surprising that the more scientifically minded Caitians shared their Kzinti cousins willingness to consume other sentient species.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LarryNiven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LarryNiven</span></a> wrote that he put <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Kzin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kzin</span></a> into <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StarTrekTAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrekTAS</span></a> to see what other writers would do with them in the <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> universe.</p>