Like imagine a human just causally smelling a storm before it happens on a perfectly normal day while the xeno thinks it’s hallucinating or smth.

"I am not getting in a Death Cocoon" - Every Federation Species

"I am not messing with Humans who get in the Death Cocoon" - Every Federation Enemy Species

"5 Star Transportation and a Free Tour of many worlds, plus the view is great" - ODST Sponsorship Poster.

"Put me in Coach, and make me crash into a tank" - most scared ODST Trooper in recorded history

"If they sent us, that means the Democrats and Republicans agreed that you are a threat, and they want you gone in 12 hours" - ODST Operation Manual, Page 1, Section 1, "Why you are being Deployed as an ODST"

"There are 2 things assured as an ODST, a body bag or a medal, and if you are unlucky, BOTH" - ODST Proverb

"He who fears Death is consumed by it, He who does not sees Death as an old friend" - ODST Proverb

"A child wants Guardian angels to save them and their family, ETA 10 minutes" - ODST Proverb

"God may side with the best artillery, but the Devil told us to send his regards" - ODST Proverb

"It's not the heat of Re Entry that heats our pods, its the friction of our gigantic balls rubbing" - ODST Proverb, removed due to small dick jokes

"I fear two things in this world, My Momma, and disappointing my Momma, dropping from Orbit is a vacation from her" - ODST Oliver Dickens Smith Tanner.

"They say let Jesus take the wheel, but my drop pod got no steering" - ODST Truck, credited with killing enemy commanders with his drop pod, usually called "isekai-kun" by Asian ODST

"There is a certain peace when dropping from orbit, you don't know if the heat shields will fail, the enemy gets a lucky shot on your pod, or if you will not get lit up by enemy gun fire as soon as the pod doors open, all you feel is the exhilarating peace of knowing that right now, the gods are in charge of your life, AND THEY WANT THE ENEMY DEAD" - ODST Jacob Price.

"A meteor shower is considered a wonderful thing to look at, until the meteors start crashing in your cities and crazy humans pop out destroying your defenses" - Alien Warning when fighting humans.

"I Fear nothing, but those..."Things"......they scare me" - Chakalak Templar Warrior, asked what it feels like to deploy with ODST's

"Human Armies are deployed knowing they will win, ODST troopers don't know if they'll even survive the first hour, but they do it anyway" - Federation Commander on seeing the casualty rate of ODST Troopers during the Founding Wars.

"Our Goddess told us that winged warriors would save us from the slavers....she did not say we would not be afraid of them too...." - Former Slave Species Chickenaxi, when ODST Troopers dropped down and slaughtered the Pirate Slavers of Gizanti-12 '

"Of Course Humans would come up with this shit, we did the science and the science said it would work, nothing surprising" - Dr. Himeko, Head Federation Scientist when asked why Humanity even HAS ODST Soldiers.

"Feet first into Hell? You have not met the average Human Doctor, THAT IS HELL" - ODST O'brian, after his pod failed to slow down and nearly crushed his legs, currently getting cybernetic replacements

Persistance hunters…. Can you imagine how scary primal humans must have been ? Sure we all fear the Krokadil and know their giant maws would tear us in half but persistance hunting ?

Imagine being an innocent animal on ancient earth, chewing on grass without asking anyone anything and then you notice the two fixed eyes of a human, too high for any other predator, and you know what this means, you know deep in your blood, in your genes that this is the look of death, inevitable death, lions can be fought, crocodiles can be avoided, wolfs will eventually tire, but the bald ape will follow you until you die, it will never let you alone, observe you waiting for any weakness. The next few hours will be horrible…..

It’s been three hours now, it rains buckets, your feet sink into the mud and running is becoming more and more tiresome, your lungs burn, you have a hard time catching your breath…. How much time have you ran ? Your pack left you one hour ago so at least one hour. It’s the cruelty of the ape, the pack knows it may pick an other target like a juvenile so they left you, the ape won’t give you the comfort of death near your loved ones. The rain gets heavier, you must find shelter quick, but soon you notice the two fixed eyes, calm and towering over you, he is here, you must run again.

It’s been four hours now, you finally found shelter in a cave after running for two hours, but you can’t sleep yet, the ape is relentless, if you sleep he will kill you, but you are tired, so tired, you’ve ran more than your body can handle and the fear you have experienced is not exactly easy on you either. But sleeping would mean death.

You have been in the cave for two hours now and the fatigue is getting worse by the second but you wouldn’t be able to sleep even if you wanted to, he is here, this time you don’t see the eyes but you can feel you are observed, cold shivers are sent throughout all of your body each time a branch cracks or wind blows through the leafs for it may be him.

You can’t count the hours anymore but the sun is rising the birds sing and yet you are not reassured, well in some kind you are, he is standing there, in the entrance blocking the only escape way, you can’t see any details of the creature that stands in front of you for the sun is blinding you, the cave wasn’t such a good shelter after all. You would have fought for your treasured life if you had any strength left in you but this hellish night took it all from you and the thing seems to know it as it approaches you without any fear, your mother was right after all, those standing creatures really are the servants of death.

Do you now understand why standing on two feet is enough on earth ? That because the humans traumatised the animals so bad that it is written in their genes now.