“Well, they are remarkably lazy. But you’re right, laziness is not the only reason they declined the offer. They are insufferably arrogant, Joe. The Rindhalu were alone in the galaxy for a long time before the Maxohlx developed technology for spaceflight. The spiders still view the Maxohlx as primitive young punks who were lucky to get their hands on Elder technology they could use as weapons. Without those Elder devices, the Rindhalu would have stomped the Maxohlx back into the Stone Age when the kitties attacked. By now, the Maxohlx have stolen or copied crucial Rindhalu technology, so the
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