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Macalaurës who have not yet seduced a Rebecca feel that they have been issued a challenge. They get to work on it.
He goes to Eclipse and does research. Eclipse makes him feel very uncomfortable.
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people," Dave says. "None of the fucking blue bullshit where the people who keep the country running can't be trusted with picking who runs it."
"You should vote!" Dave says to wandering purples. "There aren't enough votes and it's not weighted."
"More than half of people have to be in favor. If no purples vote, then even if every single person who votes is in favor, that's a no, because they look at it and they're like 'half your population didn't even vote, we don't know what they want, maybe they're all against it'."
"If they're old enough to fill it out themselves it'll get counted. They have magic counting so if you have to fill it out for 'em it'll just get recorded as you submitting two and only one of them counts if you submit two."
"The idea is parents getting a little extra weight is better than saying some people shouldn't vote, and the kids get practice at their civic responsibilities. What my mom and dad did for me was they said 'we're voting on joining the aliens. Daddy's voting yes because he thinks there'll be more trucking and more money. Mommy's voting yes because she thinks the aliens were good stopping the Yeerks. You can vote however you want' and then I said yes too but I felt like I was choosing."
Dave tells them all that they're cool and should hit him up if they want to drive teleporting buses after Calado's a member state