What is "disty"

Usage examples of "disty".

Most Retrieval Artists got into this line of work because they owed a favor to the Disty, a group of aliens who'd more or less taken over Mars.

He was extremely grateful that I had found his daughter and granddaughter alive (although they hadn't appreciated it), and he'd been even more grateful when I was able to prove that the Disty were no longer looking for them.

If they're running from the Disty, for example, I'll avoid the Martian colonies, because they're overrun with Disty.

The domes here, mostly of human construction, had an artificial lighting system built in, but the Disty hated the approximation of a twenty-four hour day.

Since the Disty had taken over the northernmost colonies, darkness outside and artificial lights inside were the hallmarks of winter.

The Disty were small creatures with large heads, large eyes, and narrow bodies.

The Disty had proven themselves to be able interstellar traders, and quite willing to adapt to local customs when it suited them.

In order to cope, the Disty running the place sat on its desk, its long feet pressed together in concentration.

Still, the Disty managed to cram a lot of stuff in here, and the closeness of everything -- while comfortable for the Disty -- made it uncomfortable for any human.

Several Disty were playing Go -- they felt it was the best thing they had discovered on the planet Earth, with Ping-Pong a close second -- sitting on the tables so that their heads were as near the ceiling as they could get.

Her black hair fell to the middle of her back, and she wore makeup, an affectation that the Disty seemed to like.

I'd worked so many cases in which people ran to avoid being caught by the Disty that I'd become averse to them myself.

The only solace I had was that since she was hiding amongst the Disty, she probably wasn't being sought by one of them.

If she had been pursued by a Disty, my actions probably would have signed her death warrant.

I knew she wasn't concealing her identity, and there was no way she was fronting for a Disty or any other race.