Okay, says Terence.
He helps Jean-Botanist and Carl-Botanist into their Nachoos.
This is good, says Jean-Botanist.
We can see where we're going, says Carl-Botanist.
And your arms are at the front, says Terence. So you can do swimming.
They had not thought about this.
Last time they'd been towed along by Ageless.
But now, they can do swimming.
And go where they like.
Terence takes them down to the water, and sets them going.
They swim off, in their Nachoos..
Our second underwater botany mission, says Jean-Botanist. And this one is serious.
Really serious, says Carl-Botanist. What's that stuff called again?
Karenia cristata, says Jean-Botanist.
And it's small, says Carl-Botanist.
So Gaius said, says Jean-Botanist.
But what does it look like? asks Carl-Botanist.
Probably like a lettuce, says Jean-Botanist.
A small lettuce, says Carl-Botanist. Okay let's go.
Jean-Botanist heads one way and Carl-Botanist heads off in another.
Jean-Botanist sees something small and green floating in front of him.
He grabs it.
It looks like a small lettuce.
He opens his mouth to taste it, although he is a carnivore.
Bugger off, says the small green lettuce.
Karenia cristata? asks Jean-Botanist.
Speak English, says the small green lettuce.
I am, says Jean-Botanist.
What's that thing you're half way out of? asks the small green lettuce.
My Nachoo, says Jean-Botanist.
And what's that symbol? asks the small green lettuce.
A parrot, says Jean-Botanist.
And what are you doing here? asks the small green lettuce
I'm an underwater botanist looking for Karenia cristata, says Jean-Botanist. Have you seen any?
No, says the small green lettuce. And what's the relevance of the parrot?
Nothing, says Jean-Botanist. It's just so I know it's my Nachoo.
Are there others? asks the small green lettuce.
Only one, says Jean-Botanist. My colleauge has one with a fish face.
Is it nicer than your parrot? asks the small green lettuce.
What's wrong with my parrot? asks Jean-Botanist.
It doesn't look like what it's supposed to be, says the small green lettuce.
That shows how much you know about parrots, says Jean-Botanist.
I'm a lettuce, says the lettuce.
It floats off in a lettuce-like way.
Jean-Botanist feels his encounter with the lettuce has been partly successful.
He made contact with a lettuce.
And it was a lettuce. It even said so.
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