Keltham has been pondering whether or not he regrets his life choices.  He thinks not?  He's still going to get to sleep with Carissa later and this way he also got to act cool and all-wise in front of her.

"I was about to say that most dath ilani have options short of paying to talk to a Keeper, like, they have some regular friends who are older than them and smarter than them.  Then I remembered you are in fact already one of the smartest people on this planet, and also you've been talking to an alien.  So yeah, in dath ilan, Governance would make Keeper assistance available to anyone in a position like that, and the dath ilani would probably escalate directly to them instead of messing around, because there's no point in... there's no point in tapping a nail with a tiny hammer when you can hit it with an enormous hammer instead."  That's not the original proverb and it doesn't make any sense as he tried to culturally translate it, but, eh, hopefully the idea came across.

Keltham has been staring up at the stars, pondering whether or not he regrets his life choices.  He thinks not?  He's still going to get to sleep with Carissa later and this way he also got to act cool and all-wise in front of her.

"I was about to say that most dath ilani have options short of paying to talk to a Keeper, like, they have some regular friends who are older than them and smarter than them.  Then I remembered you are in fact already one of the smartest people on this planet, and also you've been talking to an alien.  So yeah, in dath ilan, Governance would make Keeper assistance available to anyone in a position like that, and the dath ilani would probably escalate directly to them instead of messing around, because there's no point in... there's no point in tapping a nail with a tiny hammer when you can hit it with an enormous hammer instead."  That's not the original proverb and it doesn't make any sense as he tried to culturally translate it, but, eh, hopefully the idea came across.

Keltham has likewise been staring up at the stars, pondering whether or not he regrets his life choices.  He thinks not?  He's still going to get to sleep with Carissa later and this way he also got to act cool and all-wise in front of her.

"I was about to say that most dath ilani have options short of paying to talk to a Keeper, like, they have some regular friends who are older than them and smarter than them.  Then I remembered you are in fact already one of the smartest people on this planet, and also you've been talking to an alien.  So yeah, in dath ilan, Governance would make Keeper assistance available to anyone in a position like that, and the dath ilani would probably escalate directly to them instead of messing around, because there's no point in... there's no point in tapping a nail with a tiny hammer when you can hit it with an enormous hammer instead."  That's not the original proverb and it doesn't make any sense as he tried to culturally translate it, but, eh, hopefully the idea came across.

Keltham has likewise been staring up at the stars, pondering whether or not he regrets his life choices.  He thinks not?  He's still going to have sex with Carissa later and this way he also got to act cool and all-wise in front of her.

"I was about to say that most dath ilani have options short of paying to talk to a Keeper, like, they have some regular friends who are older than them and smarter than them.  Then I remembered you are in fact already one of the smartest people on this planet, and also you've been talking to an alien.  So yeah, in dath ilan, Governance would make Keeper assistance available to anyone in a position like that, and the dath ilani would probably escalate directly to them instead of messing around, because there's no point in... there's no point in tapping a nail with a tiny hammer when you can hit it with an enormous hammer instead."  That's not the original proverb and it doesn't make any sense as he tried to culturally translate it, but, eh, hopefully the idea came across.