Outside of my family, I was like that, too -- for a long time. I knew how to approach others, but I only did it in the interests of trade or of alliances in war. But once I had left my own world, it became a necessity to make friends. You should have seen me floundering! I still flounder. [ He is a little bit amused at himself. ]

[ Survival and self-esteem may well be intertwined! ]

Face-plant right in the middle of the Colosseum, with some horrible ugly monster licking its chops over you?