You're welcome!

It was easier than smuggling you and the kid out of the country.

Plus I have a family, this is better.

Yeah.

This is kind of embarrassing but I don't think I actually asked your name.

Peka!

Also actual email address: She provides it.

She emails her. Mine's Illia.

Do you have a pronounceable Tapap version?

I don't have one picked out. How would you change it to be pronounceable in Tapap?

Just replace the L in the middle with a sound Tapap has.

Ihia?

That works!

It seems to be the closest Tapap comes to my name.

People on the Internet complain about Tapap not having enough sounds a lot.

It does seem to be limited in that respect.

I can sort of pronounce L because I listen to Anitami music but I have to think about it.

Makes sense. My sister's name's Odette, or Otet I guess.

How many aliens are here?

Just the two of us.

Why?

We didn't come here on purpose. Otet teleported us away from an attempted murder without specifying the destination and now we can't get back.

Why?

We're not sure.

That sounds scary. Do you like it here?

The whole caste system thing is different and kind of confusing and the infanticide and the way reds are treated is infuriating and the bit where you all desperately want more babies than you can have is heartbreaking. But the science and engineering are amazing.

I always figured we'd meet space aliens who knew more than we did.

You would think! And yet.