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There are a lot of Amentan countries. Vanda Nossëo representatives are dispatched to all of them. These Elves (two with black hair, one with silver) take a shuttle down from the lightleaper to a country called Calado, and radio ahead to request permission to land at a elegant modern spaceport.
okay by comparison Voa and Tapa look like thriving modern democracies
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"Really cold. Uh, there are also nice planets where water is a liquid and it snows in the winter and is sunny in the summer, if that's more your kind of thing."
"That sounds good. If they have seasons the right length."
"What's the right length?"
"...about as long as an Amentan season. I don't know exactly at what point it stops working."
"...well, you've got internet, you can look up the places that are taking immigrants and sort by length of a year and see if any of the ones that are about right look good."
An inmate who is visibly pregnant comes out of her room, waves at the newcomers, and goes over to change the channel on the television.
Greys blink at her. "What's going to happen to her baby?"
Buthux looks confused. "Hmmm? Oh, this prison has a maternity ward and a kid's play area."
"...so she's just going to have the baby in prison?"
"...yes."
"...and she's allowed to do that."
"...yes? It's illegal here to force someone to have an abortion, and there's research suggesting that infants do fine born in custody if their parents are around, medical care is adequate, and the environment is safe and calm."
The grey goes back to talk to the other greys.
They are left alone.
They make up rules for basketball and play.
After a while someone comes over and explains the actual rules of basketball and wants to join.
That sounds worse than their game but they'll try and sure.
And a while after that people show up to escort them to trial.
They go cooperatively enough.
Do they understand this long list of rights?
They will need them explained.
Lawyers work like this. They'll be able to view evidence from prison like this. They have the right to the following prison conditions plus anything that'd be conventional back home unless it's a threat to public safety. Are the prison conditions okay.
The basketball court might get boring after a while?
They can request a transfer if they want.
Or just more balls, they could do other stuff with the space.
Sure, the judge will see to it that a request gets put in for that.