"May I have something too?"

"Sure, whaddaya want?"

"Maybe a red one.  And softer, less riffly."

Red cloak.

"It's so . . . nice . . ."

"I'm glad you like it!"

"Me too . . ."

"Can we still have a cat house even if we find some Twolegs we want to keep?"

"I don't see why not."

"And can you make changes to it if more ideas come up later?"

"I can't make things stop existing, only start, so it's better to get it right the first time, but in principle yeah."

He yawns real big.  "Then maybe we should nap on it.  Can I stay here?"

"Sure."

He hops up on the couch and starts kneading down a comfortable spot.

"Can we have some Twoleg word things in here for the next while?"

"Sure." Word things.

Most of the cats settle down to variously nap and words.  A few of them pop outside instead.

If none of them need anything else he'll go make sure there are plenty of spare translators for anyone who might wish to pick one up.

Is it anywhere near nightfall yet.

Not unless he flew very extremely slowly on purpose as a time filler.  He has two new texts from Ashley, though!

What has Ashley to say?

It's two pictures of pencil-handwritten pages, sent a few minutes apart.

Dear Cam,

I hope everything is going well with resurrecting other people, if you have been doing more of that.  I have been feeling a lot better today.  I'm sorry for acting ungreatful for being alive again and now that I'm in less pain I'm glad you did that.  I hope you have been communicating better with everyone else about what is going to happen to them.
Have things been going better?  Do people feel less bad waking up?  My uncle says we could host one more person, and if you need a lot of places to put people he could talk to some trustworthy and discreet people who might be able to help.
If you want a lot of details about my condition I could try but I'm still pretty tired and having trouble concentrating.  Maybe that would mean it's good practice though.

From,
Ashley Wilson

The second one is a closer shot, slightly blurrier, the handwriting looser and messier.

My uncle said not to say this and I won't push it but the thing you're doing seems really stressful and it you need someone to help unwind let me know ;)*  We could go see a movie or try a float box or something.

*The wink is drawn vertically rather than being an emoticon, and plausibly could just be a regular smiley with misshapen eyes.  It's hard to tell unless one was for some reason reading it rendered into a standard font, in which case it would be very clear.

I'm glad you're feeling better, and yes, we're improving on the communication issues. Current state of the art is to resurrect people into chamomile-ful bodies so they can promptly sleep it off. I have plenty of space but it's kind of you to offer. I've been in zero gravity before but appreciate the thought!

Just realized maybe float boxes are maybe really bad for people like me if we have more of a need a connection to the stars to live!!!  Careful

Good question, I will tell my assistant to ask in case any stars know!

This time it's a text.

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