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Question
From the first two letters, what have we so far learned about Skander ?
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Solution
from the first two letters we have so far learned that Skander is a scientist . He lives on the Planet Aurigae ll . He is not a hydrocarbon form of life like us. He is in jail for performing forbidden experiments on his body. He communicates with other planets by intercepting letters from the interstellar correspondence club. He has a longer life expectancy than that of humans.
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