Monolithic bad, duality good

Yesterday, Rome argued that the Overmind didn't represent the will of the Vuduri. In fact, it didn't represent the will of anybody other than itself. And that it was following orders from a source which was itself flawed.

This was not acceptable to Rome. She decided to press on:

     “This is a trap,” said the Overmind. “I see what you are doing. You are making it seem like I make decisions based upon what I need. But this is not selfish. I need to control the mandasurte to protect the Vuduri.”
     “No, you need to control the mandasurte to protect yourself, not the Vuduri. What you are doing is harming all concerned irreparably.”
     “Keeping the mandasurte segregated has been my charter since the beginning. This is the course of action laid out by the Overmind of Earth. It has considered this for a long time and this is the plan it has determined is the optimum,” said the Overmind.
     “You repeat yourself and you use circular reasoning,” Rome said. “I stand by my statement that if this were truly your assignment and was assigned to you by the Overmind of Earth, then the Overmind of Earth is a diseased entity. Since it spawned you, you inherited its disease. But you do not have to stay ill. You can get healthy.”
     “Assuming I accept your assertion, which I do not, then how?” asked the Overmind quietly. ”How would I get healthy?”
     “Your policy of segregating mankind into Vuduri and mandasurte and then isolating the two races is wrong. It is exactly the kind of thinking from a being who is monolithic in nature. You and the other Overminds cannot comprehend the essential need for life to be balanced, in pairs. There is a duality to all things. Day and night, man and woman, good and evil. Your method of procreation is asexual. You simply split off. The living creatures here and on Earth use sexual reproduction, two halves making a whole, to create genetic vigor. Your method results in bad traits continuing to propagate. You have no way to correct your flaws for future generations.”

Rome can be very persuasive when she wants to be and as you can see, the Overmind is a hot mess. It needs a little yin and yang in its life.