"It would be impossible to verify that reds were contained. The entire world would panic the same way Tapa did over our exports but more."

"—right, that. I'm having some trouble imagining how people would—actually react. It's not like they'd be able to start a war over it."

"I think you underestimate people's ability to start wars."

"Who'd they start a war against?"

"Anyone who they could blame the distribution of the book on. Anyone whose reds seemed inadequately deterred from running rampant."

Sigh.

"I believe I can get reds a moon that will represent a substantial increase in their average quality of life."

Nod. "Thank you."

"Of course."

"So do you need anything else before I'm dismissed?"

"How long will it take you to find a book to translate? While your command of Voan is excellent you might benefit from the ability to look things up in it, which you will not be able to do at home, so I mean to resummon you afterwards."

"I could probably get one in a day. I might even be able to get an electronic version in a day, do you have electronic readers?"

"Yes, but I assume the formats are incompatible."

"Makers can conjure books in a compatible format if I tell them it exists and name it or specify it well enough.—for that matter it might be better to just summon one and get the book from them, rather than me going back for it."

"I was assuming you'd find it easier to make sure that you had chosen the book you preferred if you could find a copy in your home but that is also fine."

"I don't have any copies at home, and we can just ask the demon to conjure an electronic device with all books we care to specify."

"I have no ability to so specify," says Avalor, "but we can arrange that if you will create another circle."

Circle!

Avalor completes it. The demon is happy to produce books for theater recommendations.

They're on another planet that is not Earth theater recommendations are kinda uh hard to give.

Avalor can recommend recorded theater productions, they're just Amentan.

Yeah if the demon is okay with recordings that works.

Of course recordings. He's a demon. Recordings are where it's at.

The transaction is completed and there is a local format copy of the book, although there's no local software with the right alphabet.

...so what's there instead? Gibberish or an approximation or...

Images. She can page through it and can type or speak her translation. Avalor sets her up with the app.