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Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 4, Section 7

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 4, Section 7

The Tralfamadorians do not have voice boxes, so they cannot speak aloud.
They communicate using their minds, talking to Billy via a computer that synthesizes speech.
They tell him that both he and they are like bugs trapped in amber.
There is no why, there is only what is.