text: ode on the north end of an iceberg."
  
  > give Handbook
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over the Style Handbook of Proper English. "French: Canceled. Cowgirl culture: Canceled. That's cooler than a frog."
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a sash (being worn)
  a French Rhyming Dictionary
  a library flyer
  a Style Handbook of Proper English
  an annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report
  Cheyenne Rose
  a collapsible hula hoop
  Great Eats From Canyonville High!
  Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth
  a stove manual
  The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining
  Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse
  a poem book
  a pink purse (being worn and open but empty)
  
  > give the report
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report, committing all of its details to memory. "Finances: I've maximized the merchandise you requested me to memorise! Pine-nuts: I did not spurn what you asked me to learn! Weather: All of this learning sends my positrons churning! That was really a high-value use of my time!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  > give Eats
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow eagerly studies Great Eats From Canyonville High!. "Cookery: Acquired! I feel like we're really communicating now."
  
  > talk to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow begins to speak: "Hi! I am the Jenny of Tomorrow." She looks nothing like actual Jenny, which is disconcerting.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 1
  "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "Known skills: rhyme; fromage; painting; etiquette; security; active listening; finances; pine-nuts; weather; cookery; ...and that's it."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 3
  "Can you write me a poem?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow lights up. "Sure!" She clears her throat.
  
  "There's an angular man from St Kitt's
  who ate nothing but affluent grits
  Seems his sister, named Nan,
  Stole his money and ran,
  And he found being broke was the pits."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 4
  "Ooh, do me another one!"
  
  "There's an arduous man of San Juan
  and in contests of brain, he lacked brawn
  He juggled with maces
  In low-ceilinged places
  And instead of an ox bought a fawn."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > Reset
  While you're conversing, you can only pick conversation options.
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 1
  "Bravo! Well done!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow accepts your praise with a modest smile. "It just came to me. The world is my muse."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 10
  "Farewell, prospective investor!"
  
  > give French
  Which do you mean, the French Rhyming Dictionary or Le Dernier
  Regret de Thérèse?
  
  > give Dictionary
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over the French Rhyming Dictionary. "Rhyme: Memorized! French: I've maximized the merchandise you requested me to memorise! Merci!"
  
  > give Handbook
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the Style Handbook of Proper English, committing all of its details to memory. "French: Canceled. That was fascinating!"
  
  > give the guide
  (to the Jenny of Tomorrow)
  The Jenny of Tomorrow avidly studies The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining, committing all of its details to memory. "Etiquette: All of this learning sends my positrons churning! Golly, that was eye-opening reading!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > talk to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow begins to speak: "Hello there! I'm the Jenny of Tomorrow." She looks nothing like actual Jenny, which is disconcerting.
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 3
  "Can you write me a poem?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow plays a mood-enhancing chime. "Sure!" She clears her throat.
  
  "Roses are red
  violets are blue
  taffy is illustrated
  and so are you."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 4
  "Ooh, do me another one!"
  
  "Roses are red
  violets are blue
  onions stink
  peonies are pink."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 5
  "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for her," you say.
  
  "I'd love to!"
  
  The Queen heads over to the kitchen and places the call.
  
  You're not able to hear everything from her side of the conversation, but she comes back a moment later, complaining that the person at the other end described her composition as "drivel" and "doggerel."
  
  "They refused to lend any books on that basis," she says, flouncing back to the sofa.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 3
  "Can you write me a poem?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "Sure!" She clears her throat.
  
  "I once knew a small lad from Lahore
  who signed up for a stint in the war
  But at his first muster
  the war lost its luster
  As his hairline had done just before."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 3
  "That was terrible."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow looks annoyed. "You are the one who programmed me!"
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > give the report to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over the annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report. "Finances: Acquired! Pine-nuts: I did not spurn what you asked me to learn! Weather: I did not spurn what you asked me to learn! That's cooler than a fish."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > 3
  "Can you write me a poem?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow lights up. "I'd love to!" She clears her throat.
  
  "I once knew an old person called Thor
  of whose sense there was no guarantor
  He juggled with maces
  In low-ceilinged places
  His diploma's sent back to the store."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 4
  "Ooh, do me another one!"
  
  "There was once a large sailor of Bonn
  who in matters of wit was no swan
  But he flattered the Queen
  and paid court to a Dean
  And he took out a loan for a lawn."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 1
  "Bravo! Well done!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow accepts your praise with a modest smile. "It just came to me. The world is my inspiration."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 1
  "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow plays a mood-enhancing chime. "Known skills: rhyme; etiquette; finances; pine-nuts; weather; ...and that's it."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > give poem to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the poem book, committing all of its details to memory. "Poetry: Memorized! Ennui: Learned! Would you refrain from boring me with your purposeless tasks?"
  
  > give Rhyming to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow languidly peruses the French Rhyming Dictionary, obviously bored. "Rhyme: Committed to memory. French: I've maximized the merchandise you requested me to memorise. That's duller than a post."
  
  > give cheerful to Jenny
  Sighing, the Jenny of Tomorrow slowly flips through The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining. "Ennui: Canceled. Etiquette: I've maximized le merchandise you requested me to memorise! Merci!"
  
  > give Handbook to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over the Style Handbook of Proper English, committing all of its details to memory. "French: Canceled. That was fascinating!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  > talk to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow begins to speak: "Hello there! I'm the Jenny of Tomorrow." She looks nothing like actual Jenny, which is disconcerting.
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 1
  "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "Known skills: poetry; rhyme; etiquette; ...and that's it."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 3
  "Can you write me a poem?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "I'd love to!" She clears her throat.
  
  "Although we ne'er may meet again,
  Enticed by you I shall remain.
  You graced the front of Pine Gazette,
  That meeting I shall ne'er forget.
  I would not say, 'I love,' but still,
  Forgetting you is all uphill.
  Sweet girl! though only once we met,
  you'd ornament my new Corvette."
  
  1) "Bravo! Well done!"
  2) "I'm really coming to respect you as an artist."
  3) "That was terrible."
  4) "Ooh, do me another one!"
  5) "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for
  her."
  
  > 5
  "Let's phone the librarian now and you can recite that for her," you say.
  
  "Sure!"
  
  The Queen heads over to the kitchen and places the call.
  
  You're not able to hear everything from her side of the conversation, but a few moments later, there's a familiar sound from the telepod.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a sash (being worn)
  a French Rhyming Dictionary
  a library flyer
  a Style Handbook of Proper English
  an annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report
  Cheyenne Rose
  a collapsible hula hoop
  Great Eats From Canyonville High!
  Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth
  a stove manual
  The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining
  Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse
  a poem book
  a pink purse (being worn and open but empty)
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  > look at the telepod
  A large, egg-shaped pod about the size of a garbage can, but lightweight enough for you to lift. There's an open hatch in the side.
  
  In the telepod is a French botanical book.
  
  > get the book
  (the French botanical book)
  Taken.
  
  > read the botanical
  The stamping on the spine says Société botanique de France, and there are lots of very pretty drawings of flower types inside. Unfortunately, you can't read a word of it. But the Jenny of Tomorrow might be able to, with the proper training.
  
  > Go north
  There are plenty of actual laboratories at MinSystems Labs. This isn't one of those: you train your robots in an ordinary household setting.
  
  Off to the east is the kitchen area, panelled in faux walnut, and there's a bathroom, south, just for the sake of verisimilitude. The robots do not need to use it.
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow is sitting properly on the sofa, and looking frankly a little on the underdressed side.
  
  You can also see a coffee table here.
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > give Rhyming to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the French Rhyming Dictionary. "Rhyme: Already know that one. French: All of this learning sends my positrons churning! Merci!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  > give botanical to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over the French botanical book. "Botany: Acquired! Merci!"
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a French botanical book
  a sash (being worn)
  a French Rhyming Dictionary
  a library flyer
  a Style Handbook of Proper English
  an annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report
  Cheyenne Rose
  a collapsible hula hoop
  Great Eats From Canyonville High!
  Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth
  a stove manual
  The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining
  Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse
  a poem book
  a pink purse (being worn and open but empty)
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > give the report to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow rapidly studies the annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report, committing all of its details to memory. "Finances: I've maximized le merchandise you requested me to memorise! Pine-nuts: Mastered! Weather: I've maximized le merchandise you requested me to memorise! That was très très a high-value use of my time!"
  
  > give Handbook to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the Style Handbook of Proper English. "French: Canceled. That's cooler than a toad's nose."
  
  > give Rose to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over Cheyenne Rose. "Cowgirl culture: I did not spurn what you asked me to learn! Security: All of this learnin' sends my positrons churnin'! Active listening: Memorized! I feel my brains expandin' just lookin' at this!"
  
  > give Handbook to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the Style Handbook of Proper English, committing all of its details to memory. "Cowgirl culture: Canceled. That's cooler than a dead man's nose."
  
  > give Rhyming to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow avidly studies the French Rhyming Dictionary. "Rhyme: Already know that one. French: Learned! Gee whiz, that was some reading!"
  
  > give the dernier to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow eagerly studies Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse, committing all of its details to memory. "Fromage: I did not spurn what you asked me to learn! French: Already know that one. Ennui: Mastered! Snobbery: I've maximized le merchandise you requested me to memorise. Painting: Your demands for attention elude circumvention. That's duller than a bucket of ditchwater."
  
  > give Handbook to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow dubiously reads through the Style Handbook of Proper English. "French: Canceled. No one ever asks what is the purpose of all this reading."
  
  > give the guide to Jenny
  You can only do that to something animate.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a French botanical book
  a sash (being worn)
  a French Rhyming Dictionary
  a library flyer
  a Style Handbook of Proper English
  an annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report
  Cheyenne Rose
  a collapsible hula hoop
  Great Eats From Canyonville High!
  Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth
  a stove manual
  The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining
  Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse
  a poem book
  a pink purse (being worn and open but empty)
  
  > give the elegant to Jenny
  Sighing, the Jenny of Tomorrow dubiously reads through The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining. "Ennui: Canceled. Etiquette: Already know that one. I feel like we're really communicating now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  > give Eats to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow regards the cookbook with contempt and crosses her arms. "That calls itself a cookbook?" she says. "There is nothing in there that would be fit for a dog."
  
  > give the bodice to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow rapidly studies Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth. "Medieval times: I've maximized the merchandise you requested me to memorise! Innuendo: I did not spurn what thou asked me to learn! I feel like we're really communicating now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > give Rose to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow dubiously reads through Cheyenne Rose, committing all of its details to memory. "Cowgirl culture: Learned! Security: Already know that one. Snobbery: Canceled. Active listening: Already know that one. I feel my brains expandin' just lookin' at this!"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow crosses her metal legs, the opposite way from before.
  
  > give Eats to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pores over Great Eats From Canyonville High!, committing all of its details to memory. "Cookery: Acquired! That was fascinating!"
  
  > give Handbook to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow rapidly studies the Style Handbook of Proper English, committing all of its details to memory. "Cowgirl culture: Canceled. Golly, that was eye-opening reading!"
  
  > give Stove to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow scrutinizes the stove manual. "Advertising: Learned! Fire-safety: I've maximized the merchandise you requested me to memorise! Poetry: Canceled. That's cooler than a frog."
  
  > talk to Jenny
  The Jenny of Tomorrow begins to speak: "Hi! I am the Jenny of Tomorrow." She looks nothing like actual Jenny, which is disconcerting.
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tosses her hair.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 1
  "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow lights up. "Known skills: botany; finances; pine-nuts; weather; rhyme; fromage; painting; etiquette; security; active listening; cookery; advertising; fire-safety; ...and that's it."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 2
  "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow says, "Plant summer squash in late May and expect to harvest by fall."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 4
  "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "Sure!"
  
  1) "My father wants me to go to a technical college, and I'm not
  sure I want to."
  2) "I keep having flashbacks to the Brain-Guzzlers attack."
  
  > 2
  You talk about the ooze, and the noise of the saucers. You talk about the nightmares. You talk about the time when you thought Jenny was dead. It's not a very organized explanation.
  
  Jenny of Tomorrow listens for a while. "I fear you've experienced something very frightening," she says. "It's almost as though you've been to war. After something like that, you may expect some long-term effects."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 5
  "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "Sure!" The Jenny of Tomorrow gets to work with pastels on board. Thirty minutes later, there's a full-color sign wreathed in a border of botanically-accurate heather blooms, surrounding exquisite lettering inviting the buyer to buy seedlings now, 5 cents for a packet.
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 6
  "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow lights up. "I could, though I could also do something else if you wanted. Would you like a Finn, perhaps paired with some Orange jam?"
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 8
  "What's the weather forecast?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "We're looking at decreasing winds starting later today and persisting until Wednesday."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 9
  "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost singlehanded?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "Not quite singlehanded. But I was part of the team that pulled it off."
  
  1) "Remind me what you're trained in right now."
  2) "Can you give me some tips about plant care?"
  3) "Can you write me a poem?"
  4) "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  5) "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  6) "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  7) "Do you remember how to unlock my purse?"
  8) "What's the weather forecast?"
  9) "Is it true you fought off the Brain Guzzlers almost
  singlehanded?"
  10) "I'm done talking now."
  
  > 10
  "Goodbye, prospective investor!"
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a French botanical book
  a sash (being worn)
  a French Rhyming Dictionary
  a library flyer
  a Style Handbook of Proper English
  an annual Canyonville Pine Nut Harvest report
  Cheyenne Rose
  a collapsible hula hoop
  Great Eats From Canyonville High!
  Ye Goodwyfe's Bodice Overfloweth
  a stove manual
  The Polite and Cheerful Girl's Guide To Elegant Dining
  Le Dernier Regret de Thérèse
  a poem book
  a pink purse (being worn and open but empty)
  
  > call Jenny
  Jenny answers the phone after a couple of rings. "Yoshida Floral," she says. "We have a special on roses all this week."
  
  "Jenny, it's me again," you say.
  
  "Oh, hi!"
  
  1) "Remind me what the Jenny of Tomorrow should do?"
  2) "Could I borrow your diary to train her with?"
  3) "Fake Jenny is ready for her closeup."
  4) "Okay, thanks! I'll call you back when she's ready."
  
  > 3
  "Fake Jenny is ready for her closeup," you say. This is it: Jenny's going to judge your work.
  
  "Wait, really? I'll be right over!"
  
  " Jenny's at the door. She looks... like someone has just given her the key out of prison. Wow. Maybe you didn't quite realize how much she hates working in that shop every day.
  
  "Go for it," you say, and gesture at Jenny of Tomorrow.
  
  "Okay," says Jenny. "I'll just try to think of stuff I would ask her... I mean that I would ask me. Or, no, stuff that other people would ask me."
  
  You give her a little nod. It's a sensible approach.
  
  "
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "In this part of New Mexico, plant beans indoors in early May, outdoors in late May, and expect to harvest in September to mid-October."
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "How much change would you give if I bought an apple sapling with a five dollar bill?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "That would be four dollars and sixty-nine cents, accounting for the six cents of local tax on top of the standard Conkling sapling price of twenty-five cents. Or, if they went for the more deluxe Tom Blake Hard Times, the base price would be fifty cents with twelve cents tax, for change of $4.38."
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "Can you listen to my troubles?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "Sure!"
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "Can you paint a sign advertising seasonal flowers?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow plays a mood-enhancing chime. "You won't be sorry you asked!" The Jenny of Tomorrow gets to work with pastels on board. Thirty minutes later, there's a full-color sign wreathed in a border of botanically-accurate lavender blooms, surrounding exquisite lettering inviting the buyer to buy seedlings now, 5 cents for a packet.
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "Do you know how to bake Snickerdoodles?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "I could, though I could also do something else if you wanted. What would you say to Arugula Mashed Potato Divinity?"
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 3
  You don't try to say anything. Best just to wait and see how this plays out.
  
  "What's the weather forecast?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow pauses a moment before replying, "We're looking at rising pressure starting in a few hours and stopping by Monday."
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "Where are you really from?"
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow tilts her head pleasantly. "I was manufactured right here in Canyonville!" she says brightly.
  
  Jenny giggles. "That's... yeah. That's perfect."
  
  1) "I don't know why she does that."
  2) "Good, isn't she?"
  3) "..."
  
  > 2
  "Good, isn't she?" you say.
  
  Jenny flashes you a smile.
  
  "Is it true you knew Tokyo Rose?" Jenny asks the robot.
  
  "I don't know who that is," says the Jenny of Tomorrow.
  
  When people find out Jenny was at Gila River Internment Camp, they come out with all kinds of questions, even though she was still a little kid when she left. Questions about whether she knew spies there, and what it was like, and why her family didn't go back to Fresno afterwards. Since Jenny's Granny doesn't talk about that topic, Jenny doesn't know the answer either. She told you once that the main thing she remembers is being warned to look out for scorpions.
  
  Jenny's being very quiet, looking at the Jenny of Tomorrow, so you say, "She isn't able to get upset about stupid questions."
  
  Jenny nods. "That's good. Useful feature."
  
  The Jenny of Tomorrow looks at Jenny hopefully and smiles.
  
  Everyone is quiet for a moment, waiting for Jenny to say whatever she's going to say.
  
  It looks like Actual Jenny has something else to add, so you wait for it.
  
  "I'm... honestly I'm kind of amazed," says Jenny. "She's so detailed. And definitely a better painter than I am."
  
  1) "I've had a lot of time to study the original."
  2) "I love you."
  
  > 2
  "I love you."
  
  It gets easier to say with practice. And it seems to need repetition, because every time you think things are finally clear between you and Jenny, they get muddied up again. But you're getting better at it. Maybe now you can actually talk about what's going to happen after this summer.