And Mono understood quite well by now from following Nida around that the man (like most adults here) had a busy schedule. So he gave a quick nod. “Okay!” He turned and waved at the gray building. “I just live over there, on the first floor if you need to find me.”

He paused for a moment before continuing thoughtfully. “Or I guess you can call me on the tell-phone thing. But people can’t always hear me right on that, it doesn’t work good for me like it does for other people.” So coming to find him was probably easier and meant less confusion.