"Did you have a good time?" Aitim asks her when they go home.

"Yes."

"Oh good." Snuggle.

"How did the uncles forget which language was Oahkar?"

"My father likes to throw dozens and dozens at us. When you are small that can be confusing."

"Do you speak dozens?"

"I do not. Some people have more aptitude than others; three stuck for me."

"Which ones?"

"Cenemi and Voan and Oahkar."

"Is he gonna try to get me to learn dozens?"

"He thinks that learning languages is the most fun thing in the world but I think he realizes by now that not everyone thinks so."

"It's not bad but I do not think I am doing it fast enough to learn dozens."

"That is okay. There is not much advantage to knowing dozens. Almost everybody you will encounter in diplomacy has either passable Anitami or Tapap or Oahkar."

"And I already have two of those!"

"You do! And you might not even decide to go into diplomacy!"

"Yeah I dunno yet."

"It is far too early for you to know." He kisses her lovely blue hair (which is a little duller than when she arrived but they're going to not worry about that until the doctor can take a look.)

"What if I can't decide?"

"Then you can change careers every few years, some people do that."

"Oh, okay."

"You will find a lovely blue job that is lots of fun."

Nod nod.

And they go home. "Would you like to order any of the toys your uncles had?"

"I like the marble run things. They could go through my block cities."

"They could. Should we order online or go to the store and pick things out so you have a better sense of how they'll fit with your block cities?"