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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"Oh, so, someone slipped some kind of drug to the lady in the pet store, makes her crazy about him. Security notices that the cameras went out, calls it in, they arrest him, he's convicted of assault for drugging someone against their will and attempted rape for trying to take her home afterwards, and then he - you're going to think I'm crazy - he turns into a rabbit and leaps out a third-story window. They got it on video. So they're changing procedures. If people do something like that again they're going to strip them, give them new clothes for prison, and keep them in an airtight location until the execution."

"Won't they suffocate?"

Shrug. "I assume they have a plan for that. Suffocation's not an approved method of execution in Anitam."

"Maybe there should be signs up."

"...saying what?"

"Saying, uh, laws are enforced even if you can turn into a rabbit."

" - you think people won't know that?"

"...It might be good to have signs."

" - I guess we could have signs up."

They put signs up. The signs say 'courtesy notice to customers: Anitami laws enforced here even if you can turn into a rabbit'.

Some people frown thoughtfully at the signs.

Locals will talk loudly about the bizarre case of that rapist and the measures that are being taken to prevent repeats!

"Honestly I'm not sure I'd mind weird love drugs, it sounds like it'd make for a really hot hookup."

"Well, consensually, sure, that's totally legal."

"Oh, yeah, he'd better ask."

Nobody immediately takes them up on that.

As long as everyone is clear on the law applying to them. (He has the wand and other items destroyed.)

(There are ten people who are informed about wizards and a lot more who are cooperating with very careful instructions. He should not keep this from the council much longer but he wants to take them the reseasoning potion and some Mars plans if he can.)

Karen Dwimmer

planetarium

This version seems to work but it still makes the weasels flop onto their backs and squirm and squeak at musical intervals, I'm not sure how much of a hurry you're in.

I may have to imply that Timothy did more preventing me from getting in touch with home than he did but I think it's worth waiting for better than that before we test it in Amentans

Karen Dwimmer

planetarium

If we can't get it side effect free what kinds of side effects are okay?

Ones that aren't conspicuously magic would be better. Most things are probably better than a bad spring, honestly.

Karen Dwimmer

planetarium

Okay, I'll try to avoid circling back to the 'fart purple glitter' thing they were doing for a while.

Thank you.

Sinkali and Nanha's due dates approach. They move into Himlin and hired purples disperse their belongings throughout the house next door to Kan and Aitim's and cut a hole in the fence between. They steal away the preexisting little ones for most of a weekend and hit a giant playground tower facility that's newly opened and a children's science museum and a stargazing outing that the kids are asleep on the way home from.

Kan Neli

The girls are getting big enough it'd be a challenge for their parents to carry them off to bed but the bodyguards can do it. "Did they like the stars?"

"Notelle did. Alatana got bored of waiting for her eyes to adjust and wanted to play with her everything," says Sinkali.

Giggle. "Are you settled in all right?"

"Yes," says Sinkali.

"Except I think I might want to remodel the third floor bath, it's too small and frankly unaesthetic," says Nanha.

Kan Neli