"Probably. And if it's extremely important, I'm pretty sure all three types of daeva can get rid of whatever pollution more thoroughly than your series of soaps and shampoos can."

"It is... unclear to me based on your example that they should be trusted to do so."

"Not at first, but I think the cultural taboo could be instilled, or it could be a part of regular deals when reds are taught this, exchange something for whatever service plus a good decontamination after. But I'm wondering if an angel couldn't just—depollute a red completely."

"What changes do you propose to make to this effect?"

"I'm not entirely sure yet, but there must be something, if a series of soaps and shampoos is enough to decontaminate a clean caste person then maybe enough—magical blood transfusions? Or something like that—would work."

"I can tell you where to submit a proposal should you care to write one. It still seems, even assuming ideal results there, best for reds to have their own planet, as this sounds like a complicated enough process to require training and would therefore take time to put the whole population through, but once they have a planet and have all been cleaned they can trade normally with others without suffering violence from anyone who is residually hateful."

"Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Does this solar system have any other rocky planets or moons?"

"Yes and yes. I have one in mind that I would like for the proof of concept planet and a couple of candidates for a red moon depending on how terraforming makers can handle tidal locking."

"No makers have ever really had the opportunity to terraform, due to the taboo, we've only got arcologies, but makers in general have sufficiently varied hobbies I'd be surprised if no one'd thought of the answers to all terraforming-related questions we might have. The dimension demons appear in is an infinite, spatially flat dimension with absolutely nothing in it except things makers make, so they've had time to perform one experiment or two."

"...I see."

"They have a couple of planets there, even."

"What are your sources of information about conditions in the makers' home?"

"I used to be a summoner, when I was human, and I let them talk and asked them about it."

"How long ago was this?"

"I've been dead for about five years now. Er, that would be one local year and one season."

"Mm. Anyway. I am thinking the sixth planet for Voa's colony and a second planet's moon for reds, either the tidally locked one or another, smaller one."

"Should Voa's colony be the test planet?"

"As opposed to?"

Shrug. "The red moon."

"I suppose that depends on how likely the test planet is to be less pleasantly inhabitable than subsequent trials."

"I expect not very, and any problems can be fixed by a combination of the three types of daeva."

"If I present a terraformed moon to the rest of the world and explain that it is for use in housing reds, this will be seen as wasteful and frivolous and I will immediately have a fight for the moon on my hands. If I present a colony planet, with a moon for reds in progress, and everyone else can form a line for their own colony, the existence of a moon via which to be conveniently rid of reds will be a bonus."

"Yeah that makes sense. ...would it be premature to suggest not extending the invitation to countries that decide to go the easy route and kill its reds?"

"This would have to be weighed against the undesirability of interplanetary warfare."

"You think it would come to war?"