Here's the latest news: OiOI and Zju-Jzu, the two warriors, have returned to the island because OiOI ate all the shrimp. Now they will have to go shrimping for about a week to have enough for the trek.
(Did I mention that the Zthatzne are pink? I should have mentioned that.)
The Zthatzne are pink. Pink-skinned as baby piglets, pink as flamingos, I should say, and for the same reason I would guess. They eat mostly shrimp. About ninety per cent of what they eat is shrimp and they eat heads, eyes, shells and all. Alive, if possible, boiled if not. It's the colorant in the shells that gets transferred to their melanin and makes them practically glow in the dark fluorescent pink.
I messaged them about the birds Gus has and the money and the non-negotiable Reeboks. (I use pictographs as best I can.) I thought they would send me a long excited reply, but there was only this:
Zeuzu chiku!?
I didn't understand it so I sent it to an anthropologist friend of mine at NYU. He says as best he can figure it means:
Joe(pink as a newborn white boy)Nation