Colette was quite a bit more trusting, even if this hadn't made much sense to her either. "The weird part is that, um, reproduction doesn't seem to happen here?" she added. "Which I'm a little worried about, for when we all go home, actually, but there's nothing to be done right now." What if she wants babies someday and can't?

"But it's either working, or else the Augur, the computer... person... in charge is going to a lot of trouble to fool us."