We'll get Ageless to ask for permission, says Denis.
What if he doesn't obtain it? asks Roo-kai. If I were a cuttlefish, would I entrust my eggs to a strange lobster?
Would you? asks Terence.
No, says Roo-kai. I wouldn't even entrust them to me.
Why? asks Terence.
He would eat them, says Denis.
Roo-kai can't eat them, says Terence. He's the cuttlefish.
True, I did say that, says Roo-kai. I was attempting to put myself in the shoes of the cuttlefish while remaining in the shoes of myself.
A complex philosophical position, says Denis.
What are the shoes like? asks Terence.
They're not real shoes, says Roo-kai.
That's a more comfy position, says Terence.
We'll sort it out with Ageless when we get to Point Lowly, says Gaius. Meanwhile, are we finished here?
We haven't seen Singing To The Sharks, says Denis.
I'd like to see that, says Roo-kai.
They enter the Singing To The Sharks room.
Many years ago the Barngarla people, who are shark people, used to sing to the sharks.
This was to encourage the sharks to drive shoals of fish towards the shore, where the people could catch them.
But the language of the Barngarla people died out in the 1960s.
How fascinating, says Gaius. A linguist has offered to help them reconstruct the language.
I wonder how that's going, says Denis.
Great White Teacher speaks English, says Terence.
I doubt he's involved in this project, says Gaius.
The Barngarla had three words for Great White Shark, says Denis, reading further.
Sweezus has more than three words for Great White Teacher, says Terence.
I'm sure he does, says Gaius. Well, that was all very interesting. But now we should go.
Yes, it's time they were going.
Gaius, Denis and Terence climb down the ladder.
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