He's going to kill them they have to get away--
she commands it--
and then they are away and it occurs to her that she never specified where to. She slowly unclenches her arms from their death grip around her sister and looks around.
He's going to kill them they have to get away--
she commands it--
and then they are away and it occurs to her that she never specified where to. She slowly unclenches her arms from their death grip around her sister and looks around.
Makes sense. She does illusions of their parents and points them out as Karole Zavier and Raikel Lehnsherr.
"What does it mean that your country - is Genosha your country? - doesn't?" asks Alaior's father.
She nods. "Genosha Odette country, Prussia Raikel country, Anglia Karole country. Odette Prussia, Odette Zavier. Odette Anglia, Odette Zavier. Odette Genosha--" she holds out her hands to either side. "Odette Zavier," she says, gesturing with one. "Odette Lehnsherr," she gestures with the other. Then she closes the Zavier hand firmly.
"I can't figure out if she means they let her pick or if it's because her parents' countries agreed on -"
"This is obviously green work, don't hurt yourself."
"Then the senator should answer his priority line in more than an hour and a half, what can possibly be taking so long -"
"Something's always on fire at the Senate."
"Then why even bother calling it a priority line?"
"Well isn't that rather liberal."
"Maybe it's only the names."
"Is anyone else eyeing the last wedge of bread..."
"It's all yours."
"Here last names are matrilineal because caste is. When it comes up, but usually people don't mix like that."
"They're aliens," says Alaior.
"Aliens could have invented castes too."
"They haven't invented electricity."
"Electricity was after castes."
She considers. "India caste, Nihon caste?" she doesn't sound very certain. "Prussia doesn't caste, Anglia doesn't caste, Genosha doesn't caste."
"Oh, it just hasn't spread around yet - maybe they don't have the right ones."
"Where was it that it started here, I forget -"
"Ancient Prato under Confl the Third."
"Showoff."