As for the language question:

1. I was recruited for this nearly three years in advance. My training consisted, among other things, in 45 minutes of daily reading of archived internet conversation from your time and constant conversation with peers and teachers in our facility using ONLY the language of this time.

We learned how people folded paper money. (There is NO paper in 2089. It's one of those things you hear about but never see. The first time I ever touched it I got goosebumps from like - sort of like somebody scratching a fork on a plate.)

In short, I went through EXTENSIVE culture training. I also have been here for several months now.