"The problem that concerns me is something like the amount of missing background information that we have about you and that you have about us. You have really said very little about what dath ilan really is, or so I'm told, except that it lacks gods and alignments and afterlives, and knows more than we do of medicine, and has some means for preserving people against death that we do not need as urgently as you suspected. And there are more people who enjoy causing pain than those who enjoy receiving it, so only a few of those who enjoy causing pain are ever allowed to learn what they are... I admit, I'm a little curious as to how it is said that they are selected for the privilege."
Radiance next. It's pretty.