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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By 'magic involved' do you mean 'she was abducted by, and remains a prisoner of, a wizard accountable only to the Swiss magical government', because if so they had better figure out very quickly how to be responsive.

too-early-and-too-late

It's technically possible they just seduced her with 'as many kids as you want and they'll have magic powers'.

Our species are not interfertile.

too-early-and-too-late

There are half-giants and I think at least reputed half-centaurs and half-merpeople, it might be possible.

I think you should proceed under the assumption she's not there voluntarily.

Finis is happy to write the Swiss a complaint.

The Swiss would like to know when the British became errandboys of the invading aliens.

Statute's going to crumble pretty fast if people kidnap the aliens. They look for their missing people, and they got very suspicious very quickly once questioning all the Muggles around turned up nothing.

The Swiss will put out a public service announcement but they are not sure "reappeared with amnesia" is any less suspicious.

Prospects of working with the aliens to conceal wizards and ensure wizards are left alone will be much better if wizards can correspondingly agree to leave aliens alone.

That's what the PSA is for.

too-early-and-too-late

They're going to make an announcement.

I see.

Michael Cyrus Way

"We could try to stage a re-kidnapping."

too-early-and-too-late

"In a foreign country, with no information about the target, when we've already made it known we have an interest -"

chanuphis

"What will the Anitami do to escalate if they don't get their teacher back?"

too-early-and-too-late

"It's only Aitim who knows what happened and he doesn't have many options to escalate."

chanuphis

"I wish we knew if whoever it is planned to keep her and what they're doing."

too-early-and-too-late

"Yeah."

chanuphis

"Like, she could wind up dead, but she could be potioned to the gills for a week and get turned loose, could have actually run off even... ugh."

too-early-and-too-late

"I pointed out to Aitim that 'have magic kids' is enough to get some Amentans to vanish of their own free will. But we don't know -"

chanuphis

"That's a little worrying."

too-early-and-too-late