"- no, normal people can do that. We're normal! There's more of us, even."

"Hmmm...but you haven't been around as long!"

"Well, if you write superhero stories you can put regular Amentans in them but growing doesn't let us fight bad guys very well."

"What're bad guys and why'd you need to fight them?"

"Well Oahkar imperials were bad because they tried to take over the world and they were mean to everybody they ruled over. Then the empire collapsed but if nobody fought them it would have been way worse!"

"How'd fighting them help? It just sounds like it'd be sorta bad for every-one."

"It made it harder from them to take everyone over."

"Oh. I guess that sorta makes sense if the bad guys are like monsters and your haven't figured out how to live with them yet."

This does not seem to successfully explain anything to Kota but he turns the page and resumes reading her the book.

Fika doesn't really get lots of bits about the book but Kota seems to like it and she likes Kota so it's a fun time.

He doesn't finish the book before it's his bedtime.