Jul 05, 2006 20:21
Ali curls up on one of the convenient couches, dropping a pad in her lap and tapping a pen against it. The visible page is half-full of writing in at least three languages crowded in among the doodles. After crossing her legs she tucks the skirt of her sundress around them before lifting her gaze to the crowd.
"If you were going to write a code of law, what would it say? Is there any legal activity in your home world that you'd make illegal?" She sketches the outline of a kitten on a corner of the page. "Or would you make any illegal activities legal? How would the leaders, lawmakers, and enforcers be chosen?
"And on a completely different subject: If you had a house, how would the yard be decorated?"