We are the Face that Looks Outward. We are makers of paths, walkers on the wind - C. J. Cherryh

Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he understood - but chances were very good that he wouldn't, couldn't, and never would, unaided by the paidhi, come up with the right forecast of human behavior because he didn't come with the right hardwiring. Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

What we individually deserve isn't as much as what we collectively merit.