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What is a Samanian?
A Guide To What Your Character Might Notice

Lala's height, build, and overall appearance are close enough to human that she's able to pass as one in daily life, but people looking for unusual features will find them:

• Pointed ears, not unlike a Vulcan in Star Trek.
• Yellow star shapes in her pupils.
• The little yellow balls on strings hanging from her hair accessories are actually antennae. They're prehensile and capable of generating and sensing electricity.

When Lala is threading with sci-fi characters, I'm up for assuming they belong to the same universe and have some familiarity with each other's species. Samanians are a technologically advanced species whose "hat" is artificial intelligence (and overreliance thereupon). They don't tend to get out much or to get much exercise unless they have jobs that require it (which Lala does). Most of them eat nothing but gummy candy specially formulated to their nutritional needs. Samanian tech can be hard to use for other species, as interfaces assume the use of their antennae. Lala's heart-in-circle motif is actually the Samanian insignia. The Samanian language sounds like "lulululu" to people who don't understand it.