"Something to do with making atoms into different atoms, I think. I'm embarrassed that I don't know much about it."

"Oh.

I don't really know what I'll do here then.  Slaves really only learn the one thing.  - Most of them learn different one things, but.  I don't really have - other skills - "

"I mean, not all jobs require skills, you could work at the McDonald's and they don't require you to know anything."

"I see."

"Do you want help applying?"

"I can try on my own but I think I'll probably need it."

"Okay. We can do that on my day off on Wednesday, okay?"

"Thank you so much.  What day is it?"

"It's Monday now."

". . . And how many days is that till Onesday?"

"Wednesday is the day after tomorrow. They do weeks different in Italy too? Wow."

"Maybe it's just the difference in our accents?  I call two days before Onesday 'Vensday'."

"Two days before Wednes-day is Mon-day," says Queenie.

"Understood, sorry."

"Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday."

"I probably won't remember those until I have a chance to write them down."

"I think I have paper around somewhere." Back of a receipt?

"Thank you."  Ellie writes down:

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-  Mone^?day Munday

-  Twosday

-  Wensday

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-  Saterday

"Wow," says Queenie. "Your spelling is really bad."

"Sorry.  How do they go - "

Queenie writes Sunday Monday Tuesday Wensday Thursday Friday Saturday.

"Thank you.  - There's just seven?"

"Yes."

"Oh."

"Why, how many is it in Italy?"