:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this is a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Such innovations have been known to spread, as well  If I died of a heart attack at some unknown future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:And I shall try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.:

:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this seems a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Such innovations have been known to spread, as well  If I died of a heart attack at some unknown future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:And I shall try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.:

:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this seems a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Such innovations have been known to spread, as well.  If I died of a heart attack at some unforeseeable future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:And I shall try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.:

:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this seems a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Such innovations have been known to spread, as well.  If I died of a heart attack at some unforeseeable future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:I'll try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.:

:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this seems a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Such innovations have been known to spread, as well.  If I died of a heart attack at some unforeseeable future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:(I'll try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.):

:I would need to be much more certain of the situation here and of myself before I began upgrading this faction's weaponry in order to enable it to win a negative-sum conflict.  Creating more books and selling them for the food your children need; this seems a clear and unmixed good.  Nor have I balked from healing your most powerful weapon when he was in pain.  But to shift to crafting weapons of greater lethality - is a step too far, for me, for now, unless I understand this situation better than I have.  Innovations are known to spread, as well.  If I died of a heart attack at some unforeseeable future moment, I would not wish to have left this planet in worse condition for dath ilan having touched upon it.:

:(I'll try listening to surface thoughts when somebody speaks, and let you know if that doesn't work.):