"Yes, quite unfortunate for them, but, if only," he says, "that everyone would let them exist peacefully." He frowns and wonders how the relations got so bad when he finds that the two populations would do much better sharing the seas.

"Ah?" he then asks, as Turo continues. "That's quite convenient. But perhaps we could find someone who can communicate with the slugs, then?" Someone else, since he hadn't considered the possibility that one could talk to creatures. "Where are your-- your other? Do they all understand each other? That's fascinating..."