She kept her eyes to the floor, not daring to even glance at the slig. The vyker had asked her two questions, and she couldn't answer- not verbally, anyway. Instead, she shrugged and offered him the map she had found.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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