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And he leaves the two of them to it, seals the door behind him, and demorphs to organize the returning-home of all the other humans and the dropoff of Bella and Andi so they can pack and leave their notes.

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Bella writes a note complaining vaguely about Phil and school and having missed the summer visit with Charlie and regretting it and they've got a bus ticket and don't blame Charlie he didn't know we were coming -

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Andi packs clothes for both of them and Bella's notebooks and sundries.

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And the shielded ship is waiting outside when they're done.

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And they get on it just before sunrise.

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And head north, far north, somewhere with some nice grass and a university and access to Forks for the extraction whose planning is now in the works.

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Is there food for sad humans?

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Yes. Both food and clothing were stolen from the houses of the other kidnapped humans, in quantities that would not be missed. The Andalites might not have done a good job of selecting palatable foods, but food there is.

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Sad humans nibble on Oreos and oranges and Fritos, rather than trying to do anything with the uncooked rice or the entire watermelon or the canned tomatoes in the absence of a stove or a knife or a can opener.

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Well, there are tails if they need a can opened very badly. They select a location. They land the shuttle. <When would you be expected to arrive in Forks by bus?>

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"It'd probably take days realistically, I'd need to look at a schedule to be sure."

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<Establishing an internet connection securely is our next priority. Doing so in a manner that does not arouse suspicion may take several days. If you need the information in the interim you could provide coaching on how I could access a public library without suspicious conduct.>

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"You may need to be able to talk to do that."

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So he morphs human again. "Ikan tak. Tak. Talque. Talk. Not well en-uff - enuff - but it sould not be a matter of dayzzzz. Dayzzz. Dayzzz- how do humans learn thisssss - thiz - this -"

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"Continuous exposure in childhood to the phonemes of our native language or languages."

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"You have clothes now right please wear clothes."

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He puts on clothes. He continues phoneme practicing.

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Bella suggests that he not hold his fricatives so long and almost laughs, once, at a particularly silly mispronunciation.

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Laughing he is not sure he can get down, is he likely to need to laugh? How important exactly are facial expressions?

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He is not likely to need to laugh and smiling will probably do in any context where it would be called for. Facial expressions are important in situations involving eye contact or conversation but should be dispensable when he gets as far as the computer.

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Is this a smile, how do smiles work - how in space does one smile and talk -

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"...I'm not going to do a very good genuine smile right now under the circumstances but I can do a polite social smile, smiling while talking is pretty easy -"

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Well, he doesn't need a genuine smile. This planet is probably doomed. Polite social smile it is - smiling while talking is not easy, though -

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Is too. And it's very important, it may be important even if he talks on the phone or something, people can hear when other people are smiling in their voices.

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