Josh, and Sacha lead the way into the center of the village, Daniel and Blu close behind.  Blu's skin is a standard peach today, rather than her normal striking blue.  The camera trundles along behind them, bumps and jostles making it clear that it's rolling.

They are met at the center of the village by two Gevrons.  One is helpfully tagged as the same one that led the previous conversation; the other is unable to be identified, but is wearing a distinctive shawl-like garment.

"Greedingz, oh revered onez," this second opens, startling all the humans with what is unmistakeably English (albeit heavily accented).  "On behalv ov Gavirelovarebo, I, Rounredal, welgome you do the village Orona. How may I zerve you?"

Blu flickers red and blurts out, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt the other!  We're trying to help-" She stops as Daniel glares at her.

Daniel sighs and continues, "Yes, about that.  This morning we were attacked by several Gevrons and one other creature.  I hope this is not your idea of cooperation?"

"We would never conzider addagging you, holy onez.  Iv I may azg, thiz other creajhure, whad waz id?"

Here Josh takes the lead.  "Black, four legs, two arms, snakelike body, clawed hands, flat feet...."

Rounredal nods slightly at each trait.  "Xrionan," he says fearfully, the sound even stranger coming from a Gevron's mouth than from Sacha's.

The other Gevron starts and asks something about the Xrionan.  Rounredal responds and there is some back and forth.

"If I may interrupt," Sacha asks, and apparently she may since Roun ceases speaking immediately, "what exactly are Xrionan?"

"Darg godz.  Wave-haderz vrom the zgy.  Enzlaverz and blazvemerz."  Rounredal shudders. "Bud do you nod know thiz, gread onez?"

The team exchanges glances.  "I suppose it falls upon me to disabuse you of this notion," Sacha says.  "To put it simply, Mr. ...Rounital was it?  We are no more divine than you are.  We have accomplished great feats through learning and communication, but we are entirely mortal."

When Rounredal speaks again it is with more than a little confusion.  "Do you nod vly through the zdarz in the gread roggedz? Do you nod jhood the beamz ov vire vrom the zdiggz ov medal?"

"Well, yes, but-"

"These are the draidz ov godz.  All know thiz."

Daniel decides to change the subject.  "These... Chree-nin.  How can we find them?"

Again Rounredal is confused.  "They gome do dage dribude, or do bunijh uz vor the wavez.  We gannod go do them.  Bud why would we wand do?"

Sacha frowns.  "What waves precisely are you referring to?"

"The lighd invisible.  Your gread givd do uz.  Jhurely you know ov thiz?"  Roun sounds a little desperate as he asks this.

There is a brief spell of confusion, but Blu breaks it by saying "Radio."

Josh slaps his forehead. "Of course! 'The light invisible', indeed!  But... why do they not want you to use radio?"

Roun drifts his head from side to side.  "Thiz iz a thing many have wondered, bud no anzwer haz been vound."

Daniel sighs theatrically.  "Can you at least tell us how we humans are supposed to figure in to this war of yours?"

Rounredal pauses to have a brief discussion with the other Gevron before answering.  "I abologize vor the delay.  Id iz only whad I already knew: thad the Xrionan forze uz to blazveme by daging your formz.  I muzd abologize vor thad as well."

"'Taking our forms'?" Josh asks excitedly.  "Can you show us?"

"I would never blazveme zo!"

"Not even with your gods telling you to?"  Sacha gives Daniel a harsh look for saying that.

Rounredal freezes for a few seconds, but finally cedes "...I zubboze...."  He stands up.  The air is tense with anticipation....

"...Was that it?" Josh asks, sounding disappointed.

"Do nod dri-" Roun begins, then cuts himself off.  Meekly, he lowers himself back to all fours.

Here the recording ends, despite the conversation appearing to continue.

-Second visit to the village Orona, captured by a Google Gatherer robot.

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