"Um. A while ago Neh fell into some lava and was there for a long time. I don't think he remembers much but he was really hurt. He still really needs to be able to go to different places to not feel trapped and also is still scared of bright lights and things that remind him of lava I think. He also sleeps sorta weird cause of all the time sorta napping in lava he had. doesn't feel trapped. Meow saved him, not one of the Volcano Watchers. I think Meow and him were friends before but Meow couldn't save him till he was floated somewhere dark enough."

Lucien is sad about this, but it's also really important.

"Oh, okay, when you said she doesn't like people making her only go places they want her to go I assumed the 'people' part was important, thought it might have to do with some history of amaliens interacting with each other or an unfriendly monster or something. Anyway, my staff spent the morning coming up with a candidate list."

They didn't know about the darkness requirement but have proposed various places in the city, mostly parks.

"Meow can only go to dark places, so some of these prolly won't work less you turn off all the lights near them? Also more different places would be good."

He is still a little teared up cause of the Neh story but not much.

"Does Neh want to explore mostly during the day or is the night all right? More places are dark at night."

"Only the night is okay, she sleeps during the day."

"So the parks will be okay, they're not lit up at night, but we can try finding a few more spots that aren't parks if parks aren't suitable."

"I think limiting it to one type of place isn't the best since she it will feel like not being able to go new places to her, which is sorta what she is scared of?

Okay, they can dig up some closets in some buildings whose occupants are relatively amenable?

That should work!

Okay. Is this a good enough list?

Yeah, it should do for now. They can chat again if Neh starts running out of places that are different from each other and still wants to explore the city.

Okay. There will be more city over time so hopefully the range of places expands, and people will also get more used to amaliens in general and Neh in particular, and monsters and general and Meow in particular.

Lucien is looking forward to that! He really appreciate the ability to work out problems like this with the mayor. Is there anything else to discuss today?

Apparently they're going on a farm tour, do they need anything they don't have for that?

He doesn't think so - lots of amaliens like animals and he expects it'll go well and be interesting for amaliens.

They probably won't get to, like, pet the animals, to be clear, it's not a petting zoo.

That should be okay, a lot of animals don't want to be petted.

The mayor has no further agenda items.

Lucien will depart, taking one more of the little sandwiches before he leaves.

Next up Lucien has to have another meeting about the planet naming. It's not a very product-ive meeting but he is able to do it over his everything (they have another one at the camp) so he doesn't have to leave his home which is sorta nice cause he's so tired.

His last big thing for the day is going to find Neh and explain to her about the different places. He checks on her but actually she doesn't want to go new places tonight and wants to be alone, so he'll visit her again tomorrow instead.

He manages to get to bed on time today, so he'll be ready for the big day he has scheduled tommorow.

Nobody wakes him up in the middle of the night this time!

Quick shower, making sure to rinse the monster on his back very lightly since it doesn't like it too much he thinks, and off to work!

He heads over to the amalien encampment to pick them up for the big day.

A few amaliens decide to stay home, one or two to cuddle with Neh who wants friends around today, but most are excited to go into the city! Two put on their earmuffs right away and another few just hold them cause of how soft they are. 

The city is bustling! People look at them and smile but mostly manage not to say 'aww' out loud especially when they pass somebody with a BABY who is absorbing all the attention of that nature and seems really into it.

The amaliens are sort of confused about how their are different sorts of Amentans who act differently! Like the old ones and the baby ones and the normal looking ones. They are all bunched up in a group but not very scared.