I've got a list of names | Glowfic Constellation

Afen is disappointed in the universe. He bounds back and forth across his room explaining why to his wife, his infant granddaughter, the end table, and a reporter flabbergasted by her good luck and cringing silently against the wall in the hopes he won't remember she's there.

"There is no reason to suppose that a species evolving independently of Amentans, with their own evolutionary history and living mammalian species likely related to theirs, would end up looking like us. None. Every explanation every scientist has ventured to the press has been unimaginative and unconvincing retroactive refitting of bad models to baffling data. Aliens shouldn't look like us but with different hair colors. Aliens that are not made out of carbon at all would be unsurprising; aliens with only as much physiological dissimilarity as exists between us and animal species on our planet would be mildly surprising; aliens with opposable thumbs would be truly remarkable. This is not remarkable and biologically enlightening; this is just inconsistent with everything we understand about the universe. It doesn't teach us new things about evolution; it should make us rethink evolution. - don't quote that part, they'll take it out of context."

Reporter nods rapidly.

"All of that said, I've picked up three of the languages and I'm working on building a good machine translator, it's a challenge with as little as they've produced in the way of electronic records. I'm absolutely going there to meet them as soon as the politicians figure out what to do with themselves."

"Do you have any predictions about that?"

"About politics? Why would I have predictions about politics? They deliberately obscure relevant information, for one thing, and for another it's deathly boring."

"- I mean, sir, surely you hear from your son about -"

"I have seven children and some of them are very dense indeed but not quite dense enough to try to interest me in politics."

"I was referring to -"

"I know who you were referring to. If you want a statement from Aitim go bother Aitim."

"Thank you for your time."

"I did not alter my activities in response to your presence and therefore you can't yet be said to have wasted any of my time though you should go before you do."

...out skitters the reporter.

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chanuphis

"Hopefully."

too-early-and-too-late

"Nothing to make anyone feel like you're operating in bad faith."

"Do you want to drug me again? I didn't think you'd disagree with me on this one! If I'd been trying to get things by you I'd have checked which experimental group was the most lenient and assigned Britain that set of policies."

chanuphis

"We do also get international news sometimes."

"Yes but it'd have been less salient and Michael wouldn't care if Rebecca weren't upset and I don't think Muggle international news circulates all that well among countries with different languages. And I could allocate extra funding to communications in Britain in particular without that getting your attention, make the rollout look that much more competent."

chanuphis

Sigh.

"I have not done that. I didn't realize I should consult you on non-wizard-related things, and I do regret that, but I haven't been treating you as enemies or even as slightly complicated allies, I've been trusting you and I've been using what you tell me."

too-early-and-too-late

"Plant shop popular?"

"To the puzzlement of its proprietor."

chanuphis

"They've been buying cameras and televisions. I'm optimistic that we're at least as useful as the kind of animal you can use for potion ingredients."

chanuphis

"Well, you're not as pretty as unicorns, but you do have your uses."

"No one's found anyone too pretty yet, I have security looking out for that."

chanuphis

"Good."

"- I would have assumed already that we were on the same page about this but I was wrong about the kids thing so - are you all of the opinion that Rebecca is culpable for having been alone with Catherine's father -"

too-early-and-too-late

"No, no, absolutely not."

chanuphis

"Catholic thing, I think. - I do think it was a predictably imprudent decision but not immoral on Rebecca's part."

"I'm not going to argue it was a good life decision just, I wouldn't want my alt-nieces growing up hearing that if you're in the same room as a boy you deserve whatever happens."

chanuphis

"They are not being told that and Joanna will be able to hex boys as necessary too."

too-early-and-too-late

"Wizards do a bit better there. For everyone else - maybe your human advisors can come up with some great advertisements."

"I will add it to their list. Thank you for coming."

chanuphis

"Anytime. Just make a questionable call in administering our planet and we'll be here. Or you could invite us to tea, and skip that part."

"Timothy has admonished me that I make tea all wrong, but feel free to come over and make your own and we can discuss the future of the planet as much as you like."

chanuphis