'Okay, so, we are basically, basically going to come out of Translation bang on at our destination, a couple of days' burn from port. But there might be a not inconsiderable chance we'll have to make just one extra, slightly involved step… Which brings me to business. Everyone's going to have to contribute a few adjectives that they're content with never using again, and—you did say your species can actually get by on half as many of these "kidney" things, right?'
