“There will be no time skew?” Iska asked, voice high pitched, each word dipping in tone.
“We were not able to accommodate that, no.”
“You appear-seem displeased or uncomfortable,” Turun Ko said, head pointing down the table toward Why Ask Questions. “Can you explain if able or comfortable?”
-She looked over to True Name, who gave a small nod of acknowledgement.
+She looked over to True Name, who gave a small nod of permission.
“Some of us here on the System do not feel comfortable with unbounded time,” she said. “We will discuss more as the meeting continues.”
“Aët,” it said. Okay.
After a moment’s silence, the skunk continued. “Per our agreement, this meeting here on Castor will be focused on knowledge-share surrounding the topics of linguistics and science, with particular attention astronomy and spaceflight, while those aboard Artemis will focus on society, politics, and psychology. I would like to open with a round of free questioning, if you are amenable, in order to find a few examples for which directions to take the meeting in moving forward. Do you agree?”
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@“I don’t know about that either, as representative. I hope I get to ask more. Though, well…” Sarah glanced over to where True Name and Why Ask Questions had sat at a table, still talking earnestly within a cone of silence. “I don’t know what’s more interesting. The emissaries or the Odists.”