do: make introductions; don't: usurp the government

[giftedandtalented]

Tab goes home by door, right into Aelise's office. "Hello again."

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[areyouabeer]

He looks past the edge of the city, to the treetops that average a little higher than eye level from here.

"The forest is interesting, I gotta say."

[giftedandtalented]

"I like it, yeah."

[areyouabeer]

"There's really no animals on the planet?"

[giftedandtalented]

"Possible there are sea creatures, I didn't check." She checks. "Nope."

[areyouabeer]

"Bizarre."

[giftedandtalented]

"Well, there are animals on it now," she says merrily, gesturing at Toronto.

[areyouabeer]

He snorts.

[giftedandtalented]

"Actually, I should probably worry about invasive species nibbling up all the cool alien plants." She snaps her fingers; the nonhuman life of Toronto is stuck within its borders until she thinks of something else. "There."

[areyouabeer]

"Good thinking."

[giftedandtalented]

"I am rather good at thinking."

[areyouabeer]

He chuckles.

[giftedandtalented]

"You didn't say if you were staying or going. You can decide later, if you want to just brainphone me if you need a lift."

[areyouabeer]

"You don't have better things to do than be the interplanetary taxi service?"

[giftedandtalented]

"I have lots of things to do, but I can do a lot of them all at once."

[areyouabeer]

"Because on the one hand, I want to climb those trees, and on the other hand, I want to get home sometime today."

[giftedandtalented]

"I really will take you back when you want to go back. If you don't believe me I can introduce you to someone else who can do it."

[areyouabeer]

He shrugs. "There's always Aelise, if I'm that hard up."

[giftedandtalented]

"Yeah, she can teleport now too."

[areyouabeer]

"Figured."

[giftedandtalented]

"D'you want a copy of the factsheet everybody got when I woke them?"

[areyouabeer]

"Sure."

[giftedandtalented]

Poof.

[areyouabeer]

That sure is a factsheet. He skims it idly.

[giftedandtalented]

"The thing about torching doesn't apply to you, but I can make it do if you like," says Tab casually. "Or Aelise can."

[areyouabeer]

"Any horrifying drawbacks I don't know about?"