The Peacock 1588

Sorry", says Erik, "But my deeply ingrained Nordic rationalism forbids me to even consider somethign so far off the grid." "Well", says Carl, clearly amused, "You have had plenty of contact with Lindstrom as well as your sister. How are you going to explain everything?" Erik, instead of answering, abruptly averts his eyes from Jesús, who clearly is smitten , and looks down at his phone. "What are you looking for?"" say I. "How do you spell that word. Wait, here it is." Erik reads for maybe five seconds, looks up and says, "That is pretty weird. And you know this about them...how?" "We don't", says Carl. "Conjecture"; say I . "Reductive thinking", says Francois. "what else could they be?" says Carl.