Jaylen crossed her arms. “How is it done? How do we communicate with aliens? Go ahead and tell me, Carter. What would you do? Imagine you're in his situation—imagine, just for a moment, that everything he said in the letter is factual. Imagine that you were on this island, and imagine that you got pressed, unexpectedly, into establishing communications with a bonafide alien? What would you bring to the table? Especially given the remoteness of your site? What better way than a kid's picture-book? Simple, easy illustrations, simple words, you can go over it again and again and build on it from there. I think that's the most believable part of this whole letter, especially since it ties in to the photocopies Dr. Dillamond has already seen. If he were faking it, he'd come up with something that seems technical, something that seems advanced, like that Biblical spaceships thing. Not a kid's book.”