He's from another species? [ whoa whoa whoa. she's going to have to be specific here. an extra hand? purple skin? no, maybe green. that would explain the streaks. actually, it wouldn't. girls never make any sense. ] The kedan are shapeshifters, so you made the drawing pool so much bigger.

[ he's definitely misunderstanding her. his own sister is from another time period and they have completely different mothers. they don't look related at all. ]

And your first clue that they cared about convenience was. . .? [ no, go on. he wants to hear. ] It just does. I didn't ask. I was too busy trying to track down my own sister. They walked me through the basics and that was all I needed to know. The technology, or magic, doesn't matter that much. I think the closest you'll get to something easier would be training birds to be like carrier pigeons.