Chapter 21
"My name is Tendril, and this is my friend, Lesson, and this is my friend, Wicked," she said.
"Is he friendly?" said Liana, smiling when she noticed the cedar waxwing.
"Yes," whistled Wicked, "and I'm finger trained, too."
Liana giggled with embarrassment and held out her finger. Wicked hopped on and did a little, graceful dance which consisted of hopping from side to side and arching his neck one way and then the other.
"Are you going to be rude to me again?" asked Wooster.
Tendril decided not to explain about the pod.
"This place is cool!" she said. "Do you work here?"
"You might call it work," said Liana. "I like meeting people. And helping them."
"You look real."
Liana giggled: "Nobody here is real. My creator used a digitized version of herself, only slightly younger just for fun. We like helping people find their way around."
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