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Sigh. <Humans will probably figure it out on their own soon enough, right?>

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"Probably. And maybe I can get a magic rock with a power to spot-fix anybody who gets particularly badly wedged."

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Tail-nod. <The problem is that Cayaldwin is very much preferentially going to work on things that benefit the society around him, and if he's budgeable from that it'd be in the direction of 'wherever the need is greatest', not 'where he started'.>

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"Well, I suppose I can just deal with the Andalites trying to extradite your father. Maybe they can be convinced that if you spend long enough dead your sentence gets commuted or something."

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<I think I can have some people deter the Andalites from trying very hard on that, it just occurs to me that you might for other reason want me to find somewhere else for my father to invent things.>

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"Even if he requires maintenance socialization like Cayaldwin the rest of your family is alive now too. I don't have to love everybody on my planet."

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<As long as he does not pick up on it, which he is not likely to across the species barrier.>

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"I'll ask my alts not to mention it."

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<Your alts like theirs. He is the reason for the eidetic memory necklaces and the worldleapers and the FTL and the immortality necklaces and so forth.>

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"I understand. It sounds like I'd probably get along with his alts. If there is ever a really compelling reason, I can probably get along with him too. If he's not going to expect my personal and friendly attention then I don't need to, to finagle nonextradition or anything else he's likely to need."

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<He definitely will not expect personal attention. Just the absence of visible contempt.>

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"Contempt wouldn't be the thing anyway."

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<Then it might not be a problem at all, though there's still no particular reason for the two of you to hang out much.>

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<Need anything else at the moment? I want to spend some time with my family.>

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"I should get some sleep, actually. Thank you for everything."

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<I feel very thoroughly vindicated in putting you in charge of a planet. You've done wonderfully.>

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"Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with myself. Even now that I have all these alts to compete with who were suspicious of the condition of my planet."

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<The planet is in much better condition than you received it in.>

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"That seems to be what they concluded too."

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<Good night, Bella.> Pop.

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And Bella goes to bed too.

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The Andalites sleep together happily in a big herd.

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