"I'm great."

"We will regret missing out, I'm sure. Or maybe we have one - I don't suppose there's a way to check, our names don't match that closely -"

"Apparently it's a natural category Bar can perceive, but they'd have to walk in and then you could, like, look."

"I suppose I could put Iobel's picture on the news, that'd find an Anitami one - though it might scare her -"

"Why would it scare her - if she had red hair, I guess -"

"Oh if she had red hair it would terrify her but even without that it's not usually good news if the government is running a manhunt for you."

"And your world is bigger than the one country."

"Yes. I'd need a reason to ask the other ones to publicize a picture."

"I'm not sure I can think of anything that would be good bait without knowing more about my possible alt. Like 'do you look like this woman? You might be the hybridized heir to an alien throne!' would be interesting but you'd have to overcome a certain conservatism if you don't normally tell people they may be half-alien."

"We do not normally tell them that!"

"'Wanted: this person, for help running a planet' might turn her up."

"But there's no explanation for why you want someone who looks a certain way for that."

"There's not! ...image recognition might be good enough to just figure out if a picture of you matches any pictures anyone has put on the internet."

"How do you get an image of me for that?"

He holds up a little piece of glass in his hand. "I could take one. Several, probably, works better with several."

"Do you need the cat out of the way?"

"I get the sense if I awaken him prematurely for a project I will never hear the end of it."

"But I could get away with it, if necessary, it's just very rude to wake a sleeping cat."

"This can probably wait an hour or two."

She pets her cat. He flicks his tail in his sleep.

"Tell us about technology in the meantime?"

"Where do you want to start?"

" - did your world also start at our tech level?"

"...it started earlier than that, but it passed through yours, modulo exact paths through inventionspace."

"Then you probably have a better idea than us of what the most exciting things we're missing are."