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"Anyway, I guess I can see how permissions would curtail options, but since we don't have that limitation we're not gonna force abortions on rape survivors, even if that wasn't cruel it'd disincentivize reporting." 

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"Yeah, I think disincentivizing reporting is why the places that don't don't. I don't know, though, if I lived in Anitam... I guess not Anitam, if I lived in Anitam I'd have to go be in harm's way of a blue in particular since they're patrilineal..."

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"How does that work if the father isn't identified?" 

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"Oh, if you don't know I think they let you go matrilineal. And if you find a baby on a doorstep you go by hair color."

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"Huh. So there's incentive to lie, under some circumstances..." 

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"Yeah. I mean if you ever get caught telling your mom that actually it was so-and-so or that you have no way to be sure but his hair was orange, or something, then they can get you on fraud."

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"Cool. Every system should have holes you can slip through if you really need to." 

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"- oh?"

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"Systems are impersonal and can't make judgement calls. They need to be a little flexible." 

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"Oh, like that. Yeah, that makes sense."

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"I like--finding the edge cases in systems where they bend." 

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"A very blue skill."

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"From you, I'll take that as a compliment." 

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"It is!"

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"I'm glad I picked your house to break into, I like you." 

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"I like you too! By far the best housebreaking I've ever heard of."

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"If I have to commit crimes, I do them in the best way I can." 

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Kamuor applauds her.

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She laughs and throws out her arms and twirls. 

"I like your planet. I'm glad I can help. I like your country, I like you. I am the luckiest person ever to get yote across the cosmos." 

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Kamuor beams at her. "Best alien."

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"I definitely am! Out of all the meddling aliens there are I am the best." 

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"It'd be funny if it turned out lots of places had an alien, wouldn't it?"

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"Well, I guess I only know of the two groups meddling with my world, but they are not solving all our problems." 

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"Very sub-par."

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"I don't know what they're thinking, really." 

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