It could be any one of a dozen things. Experience has taught me that we much more often see connection where there is only random copresence. Pattern… - Adam Roberts

Very well. I do not wish to initiate a political discussion. I care only for loyalty."
"Loyalty," said Jhutti, "is a political word.

Individually speaking, death is always a rupture, a violence. But taking a total view, death is the bell curve upon which the cosmos is balanced. Without it, nothing would work, everything would collapse, clogged and stagnant. Death is flow. It is the necessary lubrication of universal motion. It is, in itself, neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy.

By all means let us consult your needs! So long as they overlap precisely with my needs, I’m sure we can accommodate them.