As far as I've been able to tell, [ Kim hastens to say, because they were given a sum of money when they arrived. Who's to say what it was for? Maybe they'll be getting a monthly stipend just for doing what they're told -- and perhaps it will be taken away from them if they don't behave. He doesn't know how this world works yet and, truth be told, it's highly irritating to him. Most of his abilities stem from having a good understanding of the world at a young age, what it demands from you, and what the cost of survival is, and to have to accommodate to something new such as this? Simply put, it's been a challenge.

For all the other man seems bureaucratic to a fault, it's nice to know that someone else is trying to figure it out in very much the same way that he is. To understand a culture and a people is a difficult task; it's much easier to first figure out the specifics of motivation, currency, employment, control. ]

It's all quite unclear. If it were up to me, I would have had some sort of meeting to get everyone on the same page. It appears that - [ he doesn't want to say this; he still feels a little mad saying it as factually as he is ] - everyone here is from different worlds. I can only assume that even our definitions of parades differ.

[ Revachol has never had much in the way of parades. But Kim can use his imagination. ]