( it's a good try, Sonia. honestly. it ears a twitch at the corner of his mouth, though not quite a smile. probably as close as he's gotten in awhile, though. ) You'd have to yell a whole lot to compare to the noise level of New York, but I appreciate the offer.

( as for whether they could successfully have more than one squidge imprint on the same person, that he isn't certain of. ) I dunno. Didn't work that way on Zeta 12, but I also didn't get close enough to any of the stragglers until it was already too late. Maybe? I'm not sure. ( he scratches his head with a frown. ) They really liked stuffed animals. Maybe we can make some kind of surrogate company out of those.