But then - that makes no sense, in terms of dath ilani common wisdom about how evil aliens would enforce that equilibrium, if you don't kill dissidents immediately before the thought spreads at the speed of local speech  - maybe they're too dumb here to realize that?

"If you were supposed to have killed me a few seconds ago," Keltham says in a casual tone, not any kind of obvious whisper, "and are putting your own life in danger not to do that, this would be a great time to casually nod your head and then I'll censor a lot of my curriculum from here on out."

But for that to be true in Cheliax - that makes no sense, in terms of dath ilani common wisdom about how evil aliens would enforce that equilibrium, you have to kill dissidents immediately before the thought spreads at the speed of local speech  - maybe they're too dumb here to realize that?

"If you were supposed to have killed me a few seconds ago," Keltham says in a casual tone, not any kind of obvious whisper, "and are putting your own life in danger not to do that, this would be a great time to casually nod your head and then I'll censor a lot of my curriculum from here on out."

But for that to be true in Cheliax - that makes no sense, in terms of dath ilani common wisdom about how evil aliens would enforce that equilibrium, you have to kill dissidents immediately before the thought NOW! spreads at the speed of local speech  - maybe they're too dumb here to realize that?

"If you were supposed to have killed me a few seconds ago," Keltham says in a casual tone, not any kind of obvious whisper, "and are putting your own life in danger not to do that, this would be a great time to casually nod your head and then I'll censor a lot of my curriculum from here on out."

But for that to be true in Cheliax - that makes no sense, in terms of dath ilani common wisdom about how evil aliens would enforce that equilibrium, you have to kill dissidents immediately before the timing info NOW! spreads at the speed of local speech  - maybe they're too dumb here to realize that?

"If you were supposed to have killed me a few seconds ago," Keltham says in a casual tone, not any kind of obvious whisper, "and are putting your own life in danger not to do that, this would be a great time to casually nod your head and then I'll censor a lot of my curriculum from here on out."

But for that to be true in Cheliax - that makes no sense, in terms of dath ilani common wisdom about how evil aliens would enforce that equilibrium, they'd require non-dissidents to kill dissidents immediately before the timing info NOW! can spread at the speed of local speech  - maybe they're too dumb here to realize that?

"If you were supposed to have killed me a few seconds ago," Keltham says in a casual tone, not any kind of obvious whisper, "and are putting your own life in danger not to do that, this would be a great time to casually nod your head and then I'll censor a lot of my curriculum from here on out."