" - seriously?"

"Yeah, that's what people do if they don't wanna dye their hair but it's wrong. Hats. Purple hat on alien hair."

"- maybe if it was, like, not a girly purple," says someone dubiously.

Cahmro scratches his amethyst curls, puzzled.

"You get used to it when you see a bunch of them," says Dave.

"You guys sure assign girls a lot of random shit."

Humans shrug. "It's weird that you don't have that, really."

"Why?"

"Like, I feel like it'd fuck with romance? Like, who asks who out, that kinda thing."

"He's gay," says Dave.

"That's cool, that's cool, I'm cool with that. But for people who aren't gay."

"Whoever has the idea? That the two of them should date? Since we're not psychic?"

" - no, see, if a girl likes a guy she has her friends tell him, and the guy asks her out if he likes her too."

"...why?"

"It's more attractive."

"So why don't guys do that too, have their friends tell girls..."

" - because girls don't find that more attractive, they find it attractive being asked out."

"Aliens," snorts Cahmro.

Aliens are glad he came out drinking with them. Eventually Dave'll bounce him back to Elendil for a late shuttle home. "Hope the vote's all good now."

"Hope so."

It squeaks by.

Calado gets a planet and alien humanitarian organizations descend to build homeless shelters and schools and clinics and a proper shuttleport.

Vanda Nossëo inquires after how much longer the blues they're holding on Calado's behalf are expected to be held.

"I want to hold an actual presidential election. They can submit candidacies remotely if they like, even. When there's a non-coup-installed president then they can come home," says Sondayo.

Blues in prison are informed of this!

Some of them do in fact attempt to run for president.

Dave takes the shuttle route between Calado and its colony planet and asks for recommendations on where to live in Calado.

"You wanna live in a purple neighborhood? Mine's kinda shit, if I could I'd move to Bronze Hill."

"Or we could spruce yours up, get an angel to refit the place and stuff - what's wrong with it -"