Nod.

So he carries her off to the train.

"We found my plant language."

"Oh good! What's it called?"

"Dunno. But I can speak it now."

"Oh good." 

"Yeah.

What did you do about the reds today?"

"We asked Orvara to comply with a bunch of requests for international observers and things so other people can be less worried about whether what they're doing is adequate. Some people are discussing whether we can take some of the reds, we're a bit short right now and we don't want to increase their credits."

Nod.

"How do you feel about that?"

"Why are we short?"

"This winter had a bad storm and a lot of them died."

"Do they not have heat?"

"Many of them were caught at work when the storm hit and couldn't get back to their district, where they do have heat."

"Oh. Did lots of other people die?"

"No. We have shelters for everyone else."

"...but the reds weren't allowed to share?"

"Well, no. Reds touching things is really upsetting. ...Aitim put up a few in his office until the end of the storm but most people don't do that."

"Was he not upset about them being in his office?"

"We put plastic down on the floor and it was awful and he hated every minute but they would've died otherwise."

"Hmmm?"

"I am glad they are alive."

"Me too. My sister has their emails, she might still be in touch with them."

"Why does she have those?"