"Elves seem lovely from what we've been able to pull about them - it turns out they've been known in Hell for a while because Swan dropped the demonic library on them and told them how to send feedback and submissions before he killed them all -"

" - see, that scares me more, because if his - approach or whatever - is to be friendly and helpful first -"

"Yeah. Give you a bunch of stuff, then -"

"From four hundred million miles away. The last thing he made before the black hole was a camera to record it."

"That's creepy."

"I'm not going to suggest people scatter but maybe humans should colonize the galaxy. You know. Now that you can."

"I'm sure it's underway."

"We should put Afala down, it's her bedtime."

"I'll - see you at work, I suppose -"

"Yeah. Sorry to - I don't think I'm putting you in danger but definitely add pressure -"

"Are you telling the other liaisons?"

"I'm telling people who I think might have constructive suggestions and who definitely won't have counterproductive reactions. I'm - not totally sure who all that'll end up being. Can't take chances."

Nod.

"I'm not totally confident it includes Chua but you know her better."

"I think it'd be better to have a proposal before going to her about it."

Nod. "Thank you."

"Of course. Let me know if there's anything you need from me."

"I will!"

Niari goes home.

She puts her baby to bed and sleeps mostly soundly all things considered and talks to a couple more people and does not yet go to Chua. 

Anitam starts shuttling people to the colony planets in Warp. In lightleapers, so they won't have a warp signature and get a visit from the Federation yet. Priority goes to societies that are doing a good job with their reds, since the reds have to be all handled appropriately before they can meet aliens.

...appropriately means... "angeled" and not "shot"... right?

Yes, correct.

Is he surrrrrrrrrre?

Very sure. Some aliens will probably put them on trial.