Three more settlements were evacuated speedily and with relative ease in Gaz
a Sunday, leaving residents in only one of the 21 settlements there. By nigh
tfall, all the homes in three of the evacuated settlements had been demolish
ed by private contractors.
"Hmmmm, that'd be sort of difficult," he said. "We were kind of hoping we mi
ght have a chat tonight. There's a meteor shower going on."
But it requires physical contact and takes a great deal of time. The Yherajk
High Speech, which is an even more simplified version of this, performs the
same function by encoding a concept as an aromatic molecule, which is then
set aloft and automatically decoded by the Yherajk who come in contact with
it. It'd be like having an entire memory created in your head simply by some
one saying a word. Fascinating stuff, Tom.
Entertainment Weekly, August 8
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