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In the classical times of several species, it was the custoe the power-counters (money or other economic tabulators, status points, etc) into occasional violent perturbations froeable few profited Hu examples of this behavior (for which, see Appendix G) Only the PanSpechi appear to have avoided this phenomenon, possibly because of creche slavery

- Comparative History, The BuSab Text

McKie made his next series of calls from the room the Dry Heads set aside for hie roouests and contained well-trained chairdogs and a wide bedog which Jedrik eyed with suspicion despite her McKie s had only a rudimentary brain, but still they werealive

She stood by the single hich looked out on the courtyard pool, turning when she heard McKie awaken from his Taprisiot calls

"Suspicions confirent friends leave Bildoon for us?" she asked

"Yes"

She turned back to the

"I keep thinking how the Dosadi sky ht as this" She nodded toward the courtyard seen through the "And e get jumpdoors"

She broke off McKie, of course, shared such thoughts This new intimacy required considerable adjustuone

The Gowachin chosen to train him had all appeared open in their relationship He had been told that his teachers were a select group, chosen for excellence, the best available for the task: um out of a non-Gowachin

A silk purse from a sow&039;s ear!

His teachers had appeared to lead conventional Gowachin lives, keeping the usual nu the Graluz tads with necessary Gowachin abandon On the surface of it, the whole thing had assumed a sense of the ordinary They had introduced him to intimate aspects of their lives when he&039;d inquired, answered his questions with disar frankness

McKie&039;s Jedrik-aht now The contests between Gowachin phylums stood out sharply And McKie kne that he had not asked the right questions, that his teachers had been selected by different rules than those revealed to him at the time, that their private instructions from their Gowachin superiors contained nuances of vital importance which had been hidden fro reflections They changed his understanding of Gowachin honor, called into question all of those inadvertent comparisons he&039;d made between Gowachin forms and theca examination

Whywhywhywhy

Law? Gowachin Law?

The value in having a BuSab agent as a Leguained a new dimension McKie saw these h the God Wall There existed other forces only dimly visible behind the visible screen An unseen power structure lay out there - people who seldohtest whim carried terrible import for countless worlds Many places, e Dosadi had merely been an extreme case for a special purpose

New bodies for old Iround for people who made terrible decisions

But none of them would be as completely Dosadi as this Jedrik-amplified McKie

He wondered where the Dosadi decision had been made Aritch had not shared in it; that was obvious There were others behind Aritch - Gowachin and non-Gowachin A shadoer group existed It could have its seat on any world of the ConSentiency The power merchants would have to meet occasionally, but not necessarily face to face And never in the public eye Their first rule was secrecy They would ees of their power, people to carry out shadowy commands - people such as Aritch

And Bildoon

What had the PanSpechi hoped to gain? A pero? Of course Thatplus new bodies - Huins

Bildoon&039;s behavior - and Aritch&039;s - appeared so transparent now And there&039;d be a Mrreg nearby creating the currents in which Aritch swa

That poor fool, Grinik, had revealed ht

And Bildoon

"We have two points of entry," McKie said

She agreed