They look around. One nods.

"And another fifteen hundred a month for incidentals. Telkam, you're paying for this until you're broke-"

"Won't be long, at three thousand a month. But yeah, I'll get that set up." He pulls out his pocket everything. "If I can't come up with it you'll -"

"I'll eat fewer precious metals."

"How are they going to collect the delivery, or will they do dropoff?" asks the translator red.

"They should be willing to drop it off at the gatehouse."

"Okay. Will anybody see them -"

She nods at a red with purple hair. "Possibly have them get stuff from the gatehouse."

Translator translates that. Purple-haired red shakes but nods.

"If anyone bothers you, don't let them in and call me, I'll get here as quick as I can and sort it out. What else do you need -"

"Do you want me to stick around to translate for them when they order food and other things - they don't have electronics to order it on - they don't have spare clothes, the aliens didn't let them pack anything," interprets the translator as they murmur concerns. "How do they charge it to you, do you want them to stay out of some rooms..."

"There's a computer in the study, I can order a bunch of pocket everythings and ship them here. The money for incidentals will cover some clothes - maybe it can be double the first month since you're starting out without stuff. I'll set up an account for you and leave you the account details. Use the whole house, Telkam is going to raze and replace it for me once we've got somewhere permanent and safe for you. Can you stay around to translate, will you get in trouble at work or anything..."

"Oh, I got fired a little while ago. - I was assuming you meant my hourly rate when I had the job."

"I did. How much is that going to be, by the way."

"Four ni an hour."

"So that's another twelve eighty a month, Telkam, for a full-time translator."

"I think they could maybe make do with a part-time translator."

"Uh huh but also they can't sue you for being kidnapped so I'm just trying to balance the scales."

"And I live a ways away to commute - I'll do it if you'd rather -"

"It's fine. - I will get a university to hire me to source lost historical documentation, I can fuck demons and technically it's green money."

"I'm not sure that's green money."

"It's greenish."

Reds have no comment on Telkam's caste-bending proclivities.

"Translating's not red, though, she's gonna get in trouble -"

"Translating for reds is red because doing things for reds is red, the doctors and stuff report that way. - but I guess an eager auditor might wonder which reds she is translating for exactly, we haven't had any red swaps in years."