For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

by Dennis E. Taylor

He has something called free time. I hope to experience it someday.”

You don’t tell them they have to do it; you convince them that they want to do it, and that you don’t want them to. Works especially well with teenagers.”

“Okay, here’s a story from my home. A great leader wanted to introduce potatoes to his people, because they were a good thing to grow. He made announcements, he visited villages, but no one was interested or wanted to change. So he grew some himself and passed a law that potatoes were just for leaders, and villagers weren’t allowed to eat them. Within a couple of hands of days, all his potatoes had been stolen and people were growing them.”

Hal; Well, the fecal matter seems to have struck the atmospheric propulsor.