Keltham, in any case, now attempts to recount to Cheliax what he went through as a kid to learn about the basic concepts of negotiation.
The first part of this would be handing out assorting jellychips to children, as selected to guarantee that different children will have different preferences over them but all will find those tastes and textures pleasant at all; letting the children trade among themselves, which they usually do 1-to-1 and peacefully; introducing the concept of a multi-agent-optimal solution to the kids, which gives them a social goal they could be failing at instead of just a few voluntary improvements to make among themselves; and how soon they start yelling at each other to make particular trades for the good of the class; and how the older kids then come in and remind them that, by the definition of multi-agent-optimality, solutions like that should make all the kids better off so you shouldn't have to force anyone to go along with trades leading there.
How are the Chelaxians doing so far?