"Are there things you might want to talk about with one person, but not want to talk about with a different person?"

"I have not known anybody for very long."

"Okay, but does the idea make sense even if it is not true for you yet?"

"Yes."

"I think Aitim feels that way about some of the speculation that we want to engage in about what kind of society has the things you mentioned."

Frown.

"Sorry."

"But it's about me."

"Do you want to talk about theories about what's going on with you? You can do a thing that no one else in the world can do, that is strange and surprising."

"It's only sorting cookies. That's not a very good power, if I really needed to I could find out what was food by reading the packages and memorizing it."

"Do you think you have other abilities like that?"

"I don't remember."

"I think we should not go to the doctor unless you start feeling sick."

"Okay. I feel fine."

"Do you want to play another game?"

"Okay."

"Those games are terrible," he says disapprovingly.

"She's brilliant at them."

" - they're luck.'

"Are not." He shuffles some cards.

"If you do that, how will you know they are in the right order?" says Lintalai to Aitim.

"They are supposed to be in a random order for the game."

"It doesn't say that. It says shuffle them but not how."

"You're right. We should edit the instructions to clarify that you should shuffle them until they are random."

"Or, I could put them in an order."