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"To Pacifica. To Lumana'i. Hikari learned of Ua Lava in his teenage years at university. From a Samoan student-- the granddaughter of the Pacifican ambassador. She had never been to Lumana'i, of course, and so she clung all the more tightly to its customs and became quite a proselytizer for Leiloa Lavea. This was long before Hikari ever wrote a thing. He never speaks of it, he's never written of Ua Lava, but now that he's tipped his hand to us, Jane is finding all sorts of influence of Ua Lava in all his work. And he has friends in Lumana'i. He's never met them, but they correspond through the ansible net."
"What about the granddaughter of the ambassador?"
"She's on a starship right now, headed home to Lumana'i. She left twenty years ago, when her grandfather died. She should get there ... oh, in another ten years or so. Depending on the weather. She'll be received with great honor, no doubt, and her grandfather's body will be buried or burned or whatever they do-- burned, Jane says-- with great ceremony."
"But Hikari won't try to talk to her."
"It would take a week to space out even a simple message enough for her to receive it, at the speed the ship is going. No way to have a philosophical discussion. She'd be home before he finished explaining his question."
For the first time, Wang-mu began to understand the implications of the instantaneous starflight that she and Peter had used. These long, life-wrenching voyages could be done away with.
"If only," she said.
"I know," said Peter. "But we can't."
She knew he was right. "So we go there ourselves," she said, returning to the subject. "Then what?"
"Jane is watching to see whom Hikari writes to. That's the person who'll be in a position to influence him. And so ..."
"That's who we'll talk to."
"That's right. Do you need to pee or something before we arrange transportation back to our little cabin in the woods?"
"That would be nice," said Wang-mu. "And you could do with a change of clothes." "What, you think even this conservative outfit might be too bold?"
"What are they wearing on Lumana'i?"