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Odette and Illia land in Calado
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Peka writes them down on her everything with the hand that isn't holding Katin to boob.

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"Hungry little critter."

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"Oh yeah, she's a really easy baby except for when she's hungry and that's a lot of the time."

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"Well, at least you'll grow up big and strong, won't you? Yes you will!" Odette coos to Katin.

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And after a little while longer of teaching magic and cooing over the adorable baby they leave and perform decontaminary pyrotechnics and a few days later they go to Illia's second interview.

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Green in Yvalta.

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They show up at her house at the appointed time.

"Hi! I liked your application. So there's something you should probably know, all things considered, but for logistical reasons we're not sharing it with the general population."

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"...okay? I don't have to put it online."

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"Healing can do de-aging. We're not disseminating this until we've figured out how to do planets, but uh, given your motivations it seemed relevant."

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"- I. There's international treaties, they even apply on tropical islands, I -"

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"Yeah. But--okay, I don't think you should do it this minute, obviously you couldn't even if you wanted to. But I strongly expect we'll figure out planets within your lifetime. You don't have to be childless forever."

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She swallows and nods.

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"You have my sympathy."

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"Thank you."

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"So given your plans I'm not sure how relevant this will be but--" and she gives her the cautionary spiel she gave the farmer.

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"Uh, what are your standards of evidence, rights of the accused, etcetera -"

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"Both magic murder and mind manipulation can be confirmed with magic."

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"...okay, but you don't have to register with some other body that you made this confirmation, or have a guarantee of execution method or the safety of bystanders or a provision for allowing the sentenced to make childcare arrangements -"

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"Normally we do but the relevant body doesn't exist here, guarantee of execution method isn't something my species mostly cares about, and there do exist provisions for letting the sentenced get their affairs in order of which childcare arrangements are one."

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"Are you going to establish such a body here?"

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"To the extent we can."

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"That might go over a little better than announcing you're entitled to kill anyone who steps out of line however you like. I'll take it though."

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"I understand but it's very important to impress the seriousness on people. It's possible I'm recalibrating for a culture not used to it incorrectly."

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"Oh, we have executions for all kinds of things, but they're federal or in our contracts, and foreigners think we're draconian."

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"Most Amentan countries have more death penalties than I'm used to."

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