 Tweel does however find it incredibly strange and even funny that humans use the same words for the same purpose more than once, whereas he does not.The civilization of the Thoth is apparently old and ragged, much older than human beings, though his species still remains advanced in terms of intelligence.Vast ruined buildings are all that remains of their cities which evidently once thrived and housed millions (the architecture of the buildings is odd as the bases are small but widen out as they get higher).