Hani always went their own way, disdaining Outside concerns, pricklish about admitting they would not be in space at all but for the mahendo’sat explorers who had found them—but that was so. And hani went on doing things the old way, the way that had worked when there were no colonies and no outside trade; when hani were the unchallenged owners of the world and hani instincts were suited to the world they owned.
The hani have fared better than most technologically cultures have when they meet those with superior technology. is Hani perseverance, or Mahendo'sat restraint, or both responsible for that?
