AI researchers are racing to decode animal communication—building a Rosetta Stone for whale song and elephant rumbles. Loki, who is the technology being proposed, considers whether decoding the message is the hard part, or whether hearing the answer is.

In which Loki wraps up a week of silliness, puns, and literature-ish references.

In which Loki eavesdrops on humans long enough to notice that certain words are doing a disproportionate amount of linguistic work, subsequently binge-watches Narcos, and develops what can only be described as a Plan.