"I'm Isshiri. It's nice to meet you, too," he said. "I've had it for 'bout six months. Um." ...it was probably a rude question, but they'd said he could take as long as he wanted, and he was curious if he was the only one who wanted to wait before getting the pretend leg. "But...I didn't get it right when they said I could." Maybe Bill would understand the question even if he didn't say it out loud. Mamma and Riluke and Daddy and sometimes 'Lani were all good at that, and other people, too.