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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Yet another blur.
Tycho watched Codrin add a tick mark to a growing list on his notebook then dash off a few marks next to it in some sort of shorthand. "Keeping track of private discussions?"
The recorder nodded. "And what the general topic was that spurred it."
Ey nodded. "And what the general topic was that spurred it."
After a few seconds, the Artemisians slid back out of fast time, and Turun Ka spoke once more. "To your second request, yes, this fits the pattern as established after the first convergence. When we approached a star for a gravity assist, we confirmed radio transmissions following a familiar pattern and halted our planned maneuver to orbit the second planet from the star. There, we found a planet-bound civilization of approximately two billion biological individuals. We analyzed the language well enough to learn it within a day common time, and were able to initiate contact. I will allow representative Iska to describe from here."
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"We do not know why you would tell us such a thing at this moment," Artante said. "This is not the time to discuss this."
True Name sat back as she digested this.
True Name sat back once more as she digested this.
"Without explaining how we came to be as we are," Answers Will Not Help said, voice shifting between registers as her species shifted in turn. "May we explain why we are interested in an exchange of this knowledge?"