"A mere two hours after Saddah’s question, Trem spread his two outer tentacles and allowed air to billow through his upper gill portion"
I love the differing ways of perceiving time. Adding a slow motion race enhances that, creates a system similar to the old "Class system skit" that John Cleese and the Two Ronnies used to do, where one looked up to the other looked up to the other.
Here, the Razziekians are outpaced by the Earthers who are outpaced by the machines.
I'm intrigued to discover if there are any advantages whatsoever to the Razziekians slowness lol.