Their long, angular faces reminded him of the nickname "horseface" back in school, except that the long faces of these alien men were fairly good-looking. But most of all, he noticed their large and very bright eyes, as they stared at him now. The great eyes of the men had very bright center pupils of flashing green, circled by a thin gold band around the eye ball that looked a little like flashing gold sparks. The outer part around the thin gold line was white like Earthmen, Charlie noted, and very clear. Charlie thought they looked a little like the eyes of green-eyed tigers. Wondering just why they had put on the black-hooded robes and boots over their more comfortable and better looking uniform, Charlie received an immediate answer. These are 'protective clothing, necessary to protect us against the radiated surface of your world sun blasted by the Sun. We are not accustomed to the Sun's pure light and its continued effect upon us, therefore this protection against your gamma-rayed surface.
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