Emilio is a master linguist who has all the humans speaking and understanding a rough version of the, of the runal language pretty quickly. The Jana Ata have their own language which nobody other than Emilio even gets like a rough grasp on. They are hanging out with this particular little girl who he's like very close to a human girl, a runa girl, excuse me. And they speak the same language.
We're back to sci-fi this week, but we take a break from the politics-heavy universe of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow instead uses science fiction to discuss anthropology, colonialism, and theology. There's some genuinely funny and warm stuff in this book, but there's a shadow hanging over the proceedings from the outset: eight people set out to explore the first known alien planet inhabited by sentient life, but only one comes back, and he's much worse for the wear.
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