"I see," Keltham says.  "Because if you toss out the current equilibrium, it could disrupt a lot of stuff, especially in a place like Golarion where people who lose a year's income just starve, no safety margin for anything... and if the current equilibrium is also doing some good things..."

But it should be REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS that there's an alternative to Osirion which looks like Osirion WITHOUT THE PHARAOH RAPING PEOPLE and that you could just...

Well, the people here don't have any training -

NO!  THAT'S JUST OBJECTIVELY OBVIOUS, DARN IT!

Keltham manages not to yell this out loud, and having now finished internally yelling insults at reality, continues looking externally thoughtful, grateful for his recent practice with Eagle's Splendour.

He is not going to say anything along those lines, however obvious, until he has picked up from books whether Cheliax has a pharaoh.  Or rather, what kind of pharaoh it has.

He is specifically not going to mention that, given a dath ilani training regimen, ten-year-olds are too smart to get stuck in traps like this; and would wait until the next solar eclipse or earthquake, at which point 10% of them would yell "NOW!", followed moments later by another 90%, as is the classic strategy that children spontaneously and independently invent as soon as prompted by this scenario, so long as they have been previously taught about Schelling points.

Has he mentioned out loud dath ilan's annual Oops It's Time To Overthrow The Government Festival at any point?  He doesn't think so.

"I see," Keltham says.  "Because if you toss out the current equilibrium, it could disrupt a lot of stuff, especially in a place like Golarion where people who lose a year's income just starve, no safety margin for anything... and if the current equilibrium is also doing some good things..."

But it should be REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS that there's an alternative to Osirion which looks like Osirion WITHOUT THE PHARAOH RAPING PEOPLE and that you could just...

Well, the people here don't have any training -

NO!  THAT'S JUST OBJECTIVELY OBVIOUS!

Keltham manages not to yell this out loud, and having now finished internally yelling insults at reality, continues looking externally thoughtful, grateful for his recent practice with Eagle's Splendour.

He is not going to say anything along those lines, however obvious, until he has picked up from books whether Cheliax has a pharaoh.  Or rather, what kind of pharaoh it has.

He is specifically not going to mention that, given a dath ilani training regimen, ten-year-olds are too smart to get stuck in traps like this; and would wait until the next solar eclipse or earthquake, at which point 10% of them would yell "NOW!", followed moments later by another 90%, as is the classic strategy that children spontaneously and independently invent as soon as prompted by this scenario, so long as they have been previously taught about Schelling points.

Has he mentioned out loud dath ilan's annual Oops It's Time To Overthrow The Government Festival at any point?  He doesn't think so.

"I see," Keltham says.  "Because if you toss out the current equilibrium, it could disrupt a lot of stuff, especially in a place like Golarion where people who lose a year's income just starve, no safety margin for anything... and if the current equilibrium is also doing some good things..."

But it should be REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS that there's an alternative to Osirion which looks like Osirion WITHOUT THE PHARAOH RAPING PEOPLE and that you could just...

Well, the people here don't have any training -

NO!  THAT'S JUST OBJECTIVELY OBVIOUS!

Keltham manages not to yell this out loud, and having now finished internally yelling insults at reality, continues looking externally thoughtful, grateful for his recent practice with Eagle's Splendour.

He is not going to say anything along those lines, however obvious, until he has picked up from books whether Cheliax has a pharaoh.  Or rather, what kind of pharaoh it has.

He is specifically not going to mention that, given a dath ilani training regimen, ten-year-olds are too smart to get stuck in traps like this; and would wait until the next solar eclipse or earthquake, at which point 10% of them would yell "NOW!", followed moments later by the other 90%, as is the classic strategy that children spontaneously and independently invent as soon as prompted by this scenario, so long as they have been previously taught about Schelling points.

Has he mentioned out loud dath ilan's annual Oops It's Time To Overthrow The Government Festival at any point?  He doesn't think so.

"I see," Keltham says.  "Because if you toss out the current equilibrium, it could disrupt a lot of stuff, especially in a place like Golarion where people who lose a year's income just starve, no safety margin for anything... and if the current equilibrium is also doing some good things..."

But it should be REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS that there's an alternative to Osirion which looks like Osirion WITHOUT THE PHARAOH RAPING PEOPLE and that you could just...

Well, the people here don't have any training in noticing better equilibria and figuring out how to move to them -

NO!  THAT'S JUST OBJECTIVELY OBVIOUS!

Keltham manages not to yell this out loud, and having now finished internally yelling insults at reality, continues looking externally thoughtful, grateful for his recent practice with Eagle's Splendour.

He is not going to say anything along those lines, however obvious, until he has picked up from books whether Cheliax has a pharaoh.  Or rather, what kind of pharaoh it has.

He is specifically not going to mention that, given a dath ilani training regimen, ten-year-olds are too smart to get stuck in traps like this; and would wait until the next solar eclipse or earthquake, at which point 10% of them would yell "NOW!", followed moments later by the other 90%, as is the classic strategy that children spontaneously and independently invent as soon as prompted by this scenario, so long as they have been previously taught about Schelling points.

Has he mentioned out loud dath ilan's annual Oops It's Time To Overthrow The Government Festival at any point?  He doesn't think so.

"I see," Keltham says.  "Because if you toss out the current equilibrium, it could disrupt a lot of stuff, especially in a place like Golarion where people who lose a year's income just starve, no safety margin for anything... and if the current equilibrium is also doing some good things..."

But it should be REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS that there's an alternative to Osirion which looks like Osirion WITHOUT THE PHARAOH RAPING PEOPLE and that you could just...

Well, the people here don't have any training in noticing better equilibria and figuring out how to move to them -

NO!  THAT'S JUST OBJECTIVELY OBVIOUS!

Keltham manages not to yell this out loud, and having now finished internally yelling insults at reality, continues looking externally thoughtful, grateful for his recent practice with Eagle's Splendour.

He is not going to say anything along those lines, however obvious, until he has picked up from books whether Cheliax has a pharaoh.  Or rather, what kind of pharaoh it has.

He is specifically not going to mention that, given a dath ilani training regimen, ten-year-olds are too smart to get stuck in traps like this; and would wait until the next solar eclipse or earthquake, at which point 10% of them would yell "NOW!", followed moments later by the other 90%, as is the classic strategy that children spontaneously and independently invent as soon as prompted by this scenario, so long as they have been previously taught about Schelling points.

Has he at any point mentioned out loud dath ilan's annual Oops It's Time To Overthrow The Government Festival?  He doesn't think so.