Alani: “Why are your ears so long and pointy?”
Tuvok: “Vulcans’ ears have so developed over thousands of years of evolution.”
Alani: “Do you hear any better?”
Tuvok: “No.”
–Conversation between an alien child named Alani and Science Officer Tuvok. Â Star Trek Voyager, Episode 138, “Innocence,” 1996.
