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I suppose Marie feels a desire to experience something of the lives of 'ordinary' Cetagandans; but it seems unlikely that this desire is going to be satisfied. No author with a fictional universe so vast could cover every aspect of it in a human lifetime, unfortunately.
Good morning (yawns). Maybe a matter of perception again - I vividly remember the torment experienced by that unfortunate ghem-ling who was so intent on rising to the top and his dread of failing/falling through the cracks. Hopefully those genetically destined to remain "demos" on Ceta are spared the unpleasantness, achieving glory at their own pace.
There is also the story of Terrence Cee form "Ethan of Athos" – his special gene came from "migrant witch-woman, deformed, impoverished, and quite mad", who had been "swept from her slum hovel" (so probably there are slums on something-Ceta). And the doctor who discovered her had been few steps removed from ghem-lords.
Also in Ethan of Athos are ghem-Lord Millisor's team: Rau, Setti, and Okita. None of them are ghem. And Millisor thinks of them (or at least Okita) as tools, not really as people.
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I suppose Marie feels a desire to experience something of the lives of 'ordinary' Cetagandans; but it seems unlikely that this desire is going to be satisfied. No author with a fictional universe so vast could cover every aspect of it in a human lifetime, unfortunately.
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Good morning (yawns). Maybe a matter of perception again - I vividly remember the torment experienced by that unfortunate ghem-ling who was so intent on rising to the top and his dread of failing/falling through the cracks. Hopefully those genetically destined to remain "demos" on Ceta are spared the unpleasantness, achieving glory at their own pace.
There is also the story of Terrence Cee form "Ethan of Athos" – his special gene came from "migrant witch-woman, deformed, impoverished, and quite mad", who had been "swept from her slum hovel" (so probably there are slums on something-Ceta). And the doctor who discovered her had been few steps removed from ghem-lords.
Also in Ethan of Athos are ghem-Lord Millisor's team: Rau, Setti, and Okita. None of them are ghem. And Millisor thinks of them (or at least Okita) as tools, not really as people.
