"I can't pay attention to boring stuff, and I've got trouble with books and with just listening. If something is really really cool I can super focus on it, but then I have trouble changing focus to something else. And human schools want you to sit still in the classroom and to just listen to the teacher all day."

"That sounds like how some Amentan children are! I'll see what I can find in the way of schools that admit blues and have accommodations for that."

"Blue schools teach stuff about diplomacy?"

"They do! It's one of the major tracks."

"That'd be nice! I do wanna have all sorts of friends, still though."

"That's why I said a school that admits blues, not a blue school. There are intercaste schools for people who want to grow up with more diverse peer groups."

"Okay! That'd be best."

"I thought so! I think the blues who go there like it because it means they'll know more about their future constituents and tenants."

"And I'm trying to get to know all sorts of Amentans so I can be a good diplomat."

"Yep! I think it's a reasonable way to go for you."

"Uh-huh! It'll also help me figure out stuff that'll help everyone better."

"Maybe whatever school winds up having you over to play will also seem like a good fit for you to study at!"

"Maybe! That'll make making friends easier, though I don't mind also making lots of friends."

"We can play that part by ear. Especially if you have special requirements to learn effectively."

"Okay! That makes sense."

"The cultural anthropology green is hoping to come by after lunch to talk to you," Ude tells Combing Sorrow.

"Good. That's more my field."

"And the videographers are ready whenever you two are."

"I think I am!"

"I'll let them know, they'll be delighted!"

"Thanks! I think I'm gonna talk about how we do jobs, and mom can introduce herself and help with that."

"Those sound like good topics."

"Yeah! And the video person said last time what we do instead of castes would be a question from my first video."

"I bet it will be. That'll probably go up today. Do you want me to help you set up an e-mail account so we can send you messages that way, like with a link when your website is live?"

"Oh, that'd be neat! I dunno yet if email's gonna be like reading or like talking though."