I was in my forties. The T'swa sergeant nodded. You see, you cannot successfully manipulate people, once they learn theT'sel, but you can collaborate with them on the basis of overlappinginterests and mutually held reality. They work our tails off.
Perhaps hefound himself wishing too strongly for victory, or being partisan on the sideof coming through alive, or of his friends doing so-which is all right, but it isnot our way. Esenrok said we needed something to replace fighting, something that wouldn't get us in trouble with the T'swa. Each of them, Jil-Zat was saying, has mastered all his lessons, and allthe skills so far addressed-mastered them very thoroughly. Those were very hard years.
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