Today, Silvana and I went to the farm again. She said she had quite a bit of work to do and invited me to help. We chatted about various things, and she told me about the improvements she's made to various aspects of the farm, noting that quite a few things have been automated compared to a few years ago. She proudly explained that practically every aspect of the farm's operation utilizes some of her inventions.

I'm getting tired, so I'm only writing down the most important things today. There are three most important things.

First, my observations about Silvana: her appearance clearly corresponds with the story she told me about her parents' experiment. If some chemical or magnetic anomaly caused her to develop reptilian skin, it would explain things like the calluses on the lower jaw and the elongated and simplified shape of her ears. It doesn't entirely explain the prominence of her maxillary and mandible bones, but it also explains her fingernails. I hadn't noticed it before, but her fingernails are shaped more like claws than fingernails. I asked her about it, and she explained it to me in this way. And here comes my next observation. Silvana, despite her intelligence and almost intimidating knowledge, seems very open, perhaps even naive. I think this is a result of her upbringing in a rather isolated environment. Her knowledge of social norms comes mainly from what she's read in books and learned from her parents. She also doesn't have any deep need for physical isolation. She's not embarrassed by being touched. When we were talking about her skin, she, without asking, put hers under my hand to check how it felt. She did this as if she were handing me a book I'd asked for (by the way, she's already returned the books I lent her - she reads incredibly fast). Her skin impressions - if I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have recognized it as any different from normal human skin; it might be a little smoother, but just as flexible and warm. I wasn't really expecting anything specific, but I was a bit surprised by her normality. Silvana also said, with disarming honesty, that her nails used to resemble claws, but one day she decided to regularly polish them to make them more like human nails.

The second thing is the matter of Sidone and Willem. Silvana calls them her parents. I asked about this because I was experiencing a certain cognitive dissonance, and I already know I can ask her anything without beating around the bush. She explained that Sidone assumed the role of mother immediately – biologically, it may not be a precise equivalent of who she was to her, but that was the whole point of this whole endeavor – Sidone wanted children. So it was natural for Silvana to call her mother from a young age (btw. she was fed with cow's milk). As for Willem as a father, that's a childhood fantasy of Silvana's. Sidone and Willem read various books to Silvana (in different languages, hence her linguistic skills), and over time, Silvana began reading on her own. After reading some story about a girl and her father, Silvana began calling Willem "Dad." They explained the meaning of the word to her and tried to explain the difference, but Silvana persisted, and it stuck.

One last thing worth noting today is that Silvana asked me for help in regaining contact with the world. We made some plans. We agreed that I would go to the village where contact was and try to determine why contact had broken off. We agreed that this would be 10 days after I leave here - time for a return trip with my guides and transport to that village. As I was counting out loud how much time had passed since I arrived, Silvana pointed out that today was the 7th, not the 8th, of July. Looking back, I actually made a mistake in my notes.

The name of the place is mentioned in the notes, but I took the liberty of removing it.