"How will you do that without any of the ones you check telling the government?"

"I will not talk to people who might tell the government."

"But how do you tell?"

"I have met lots of people and I can guess things about people by talking to them before telling them anything."

"Like what they will tell the government?"

"Yes."

"Most people cannot do that even with lots of practice. Aitim is unusual."

"Oh. It sounds useful."

"You might be able to learn. Many people can't but many people can't learn mathematics, either."

"Why can't they?"

"Not smart enough or not smart in the right way."

"Oh."

"The reading people isn't just a smarts thing but blues are much better at it than greens in general."

"I'm an alien," she says. "Maybe I am not blue-blue."

"I think you will make a pretty good blue but I have no idea how good you'll be at reading people."

Nod.

"And it'll be fine either way." Hug.

"What other things is it good for blues to be good at?"

"Knowing a lot of things, being able to integrate a lot of information on many different topics, being able to communicate effectively, being able to make hard decisions sensibly, being good at convincing other people of things."

"How do you convince people of things?"

"You understand the topic well, you are good at figuring out where they disagree with you, you are good at not making them feel shamed or attacked or like they'll lose statute if they agree with you, and you are patient."

"Hm."

"You are one. Lots of these are things that people need lots of practice at."

"I guess. How do you practice?"

"School teaches them! The games we play are practice at some of these things. When you are bigger you could come sit and watch meetings, and take notes, and see what you notice about how people talk and persuade each other."