"Yes, the similarity of outward forms fooled me as well.  In retrospect, though, I'd have done better from the start if I'd used my cached fictional procedures for dealing with aliens instead of humans.  It wouldn't have surprised me as much if aliens had low-quality food on their airplanes for unknown reasons.  Though Isabella still seems to think that I am underestimating within-human variation and overestimating how much your magic affects everything, and I am dutifully doing my best to maintain a separated mental partition for the world where she is correct about everything.  It's not actually among my most prized skills, but I am trying to the extent that any adult ought to be able to try."

"Yes, the similarity of outward forms fooled me as well.  In retrospect, though, I'd have done better from the start if I'd used my cached fictional procedures for dealing with aliens instead of humans.  It wouldn't have surprised me as much if aliens had low-quality food on their airplanes for unknown reasons.  Though Isabella still seems to think that I am underestimating within-human variation and overestimating how much your magic affects everything, and I am dutifully doing my best to maintain a separated mental partition for the world where she is correct about everything.  It's not among my most prized skills, but I am trying to the extent that any adult of my species ought to be able to try."