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 <li>Iska is quite upset about the lack of &ldquo;time skew&rdquo;, as they call it, and has stated that they refuse the single fork they&rsquo;re permitted in their rest area. They have not elaborated on this, but I find it interesting that some scientific feat that they have accomplished is so thoroughly engrained in their society (remember, secondrace has been on Artemis for nigh on four millennia by now). I know that forking is integral to our society, but it does make me wonder if it has reached that point yet. Dear would be furious without it, of course, but would that sentiment be universal after only 231 years? Are you missing it? Are the other Odists?</li>
 <li>Stolon and Tycho are so happy to meet each other that both parties have had to shush them on several occasions. I would prefer to let them have at it, but I do also understand the desire to talk about sciences <em>other</em> than astronomy and spaceflight. Why Ask Questions is our biologist and linguist here, and she has been the other primary participant, speaking mostly with Iska and Turun Ka.</li>
 <li>Artante and Sarah are almost as perfectly aligned as Tycho and Stolon; they are both psychologists, though it sounds like the Artemisians&rsquo; approach to such bears some striking differences. Notably, there are some time-related disorders that have largely gone over my head (something about &ldquo;lacking a feel for common time&rdquo; and &ldquo;unison rooms&rdquo;? Perhaps you can enlighten me), and there are some approaches that Sarah has found interesting, including forms of proactive therapy using, you guessed it, time. Something about practicing.</li>
-<li>It is almost impossible to get a read on the firstracers. It&rsquo;s not just that they do not have facial expressions, so much as their penchant for absolute stillness unless a gesture is required (I&rsquo;ve begun cataloguing those: </li>
+<li>It is almost impossible to get a read on the firstracers. It&rsquo;s not just that they do not have facial expressions, so much as their penchant for absolute stillness unless a gesture is required (I&rsquo;ve begun cataloguing those: uplifted head = nod; head tilt = shrug; chin tilted far down, exposed neck = bow; turning head far to the side = frustration, maybe?). This has led to some frustration, primarily on True Name&rsquo;s part. Ioan&rsquo;s mentioned in the past that May Then My Name calls the root of her manipulation a sort of &lsquo;registering&rsquo;, as though she&rsquo;s gotten very good at figuring out what her &lsquo;target&rsquo; needs in order to be convinced. Sounds like she&rsquo;s struggling to use that to her full abilities, here.</li>
+<li>Turun Ko and I have been getting on quite well. I asked it about its speaking style (which, in case the same is not true over there, includes lots of synonyms strung together throughout its speech. At first, I thought this was a way to find a more exact wording for a concept, but the more I listen, the less I think that&rsquo;s the case. Why Ask Questions suggested that it might be trying to fit the ambiguities of their <em>lingua franca</em> to ours. When asked, though, it said that it was a deliberate effort on its part to remain in the mindset of an Artemisian (they&rsquo;ve adopted that word quite readily) in order to better record from an Artemisian point of view. I don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;ll be struggling with this much, as we haven&rsquo;t learned their language well enough to think like them.</li>
+<li>On that note, everyone seems to have learned our common tongue quite well <em>except</em> Stolon. Don&rsquo;t tell Tycho, but I think the similarities between them run quite deep. Neither of them seem particularly interested in language except inasmuch as it allows them to talk about astronomy better.</li>
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+<p>Now, for my questions:</p>
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 <p>Exchanges notes with Codrin#Artemis, hinting at swap with WAQ/AWNH</p>
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