Oooh.

Elves do, in fact, have a hair thing. Such a hair thing.

The hair thing is great.

"Alien shapeshifting is a pretty good deal," he says happily after a while. 

"Yes! It is. This was a good plan."

Snuggle. "I find it very flattering how much you trust me."

Smooch. "Why wouldn't I?"

"It's not that you have a reason, it's that - you'd need one?"

Blink.

"Like- you've trusted me as much as it would possibly be sane to do, from the very start, when it seems like it'd have been - more default - not to."

"...I guess I'm a kinda trusting person?"

Kiss. "I'm so glad. I love you."

"I love you too!"

And can Cam conjure for authorship?

Yes he can. It works.

<Excellent. Then - are there Yeerks allowing unusual freedom to their hosts?>

Results appear.

<That is more than I was expecting. I do not know if that's promising or if it indicates that there's a context this happens in other than the one we were thinking of.>

"I guess if lots of it looks similar that'll be a hint."

"We can have some people comb through it if you'd like."

<That sounds convenient, thank you.>

Meanwhile the new occupiers of the former Oahk Empire finish trying everybody responsible for atrocities (they execute about a thousand people, mostly blues and soldiers, imprison sixteen thousand more, send various others home with fines and probation and warnings and so on). They announce that anyone who is nineteen or twenty and has no criminal record (or a criminal record only from resisting the occupation) and has no children can go ahead and have one right now before spring ends. The soldiers hand kids toys and are disciplined and helpful. The internet is up everywhere with only light censorship.

The community services website lets you pick your caste so it can display information relevant to you. You can pick 'red'.

This takes a day or two to filter to the reds and a bit longer for one to try it.

It identifies Isel as their political representative. It has extended clips from the propaganda videos. It has a submission form. It claims the submission form is anonymous, and that questions will be answered promptly. Citizens are encouraged to use the form to report crimes, to request emergency supply deliveries, to ask questions about the transition to a new government, to alert the government to injustices or concerns. 

It lists projects in progress, such as installing a delivery chute in every district and ensuring universal wireless internet coverage.

Someone asks how they're going to install the chutes.