[ Matt winces good-naturedly in the face of Demeisen's reaction. The wince seems to be entirely for having stepped in it, though; his lips twitch a bit for "flea," but only because he wasn't expecting that specific minuscule creature to come up. Fleas serve an important evolutionary niche! They are, in fact, useful in transmuting rot and waste into useable material for the next generation--very Zenith. ]

I figured I was going to say something stupid, [ Matt apologizes. ] Sorry. Spacefaring was very, very rudimentary where I come from, and the hard sciences aren't really my thing in any case.