AHUME: I’m not an ambass—Marxist Germany wrote:"Ambasador, are you alright? You seem to be talking to an insentient plant."
AHUME: (gives a half-wave to the unfamiliar ambassador) Hi, ummm—Skylus wrote:”...Hi Ahume...."
AHUME: No no, I’m — Johan! Excuse me, folks.Wallenburg wrote:..."Hey, Ahume's back!"....
Araraukar wrote:"I wish I could say it was nice to see you here, Ahume," he said somewhat sadly, "but I am about to walk away from everything and everyone I've known so far. Well, almost everyone, if I'm allowed to bring our mutual friend along." He then showed Ahume a large seed that looked like a shiny black walnut. "If not, it doesn't mind."
AHUME: Oh, no, no, it should be fine, if it can exhibit any sentience it’s exempt from our agricultural protocols. In any case, everything we’ve already set up has been put in motion, the Bureau has already received and approved your paperwork. Oh, you’ll need this— (pulls out a small handbook from a trench coat pocket) —you’ll need to study that if you want to become a Wad. A “citizen”. (He pauses.) Oh, I saw Ari on my way here, I told him I was picking you up, and he said to say hi. Actually, he didn’t say “Hi,” he said, “Who?” But I’m reasonably sure he was joking.