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There are a lot of Amentan countries. Vanda Nossëo representatives are dispatched to all of them. These Elves (two with black hair, one with silver) take a shuttle down from the lightleaper to a country called Calado, and radio ahead to request permission to land at a elegant modern spaceport.
okay by comparison Voa and Tapa look like thriving modern democracies
"There's an anti-abortion advocacy group that's been trying to bother Amentans about switching to some kind of - preemptive system where there's something in the water or something and no one can become pregnant in the first place until they have permission. Is there someone's secretary or something to whom I should direct things in that vein..."
"I don't know that I'd want to be the test site for that," says Soyok, "it's not like it hasn't been tried, we don't like abortions much ourselves, it's just that we have very delicate hormonal systems."
"I'm not sure. Am I still obliged to comply with population control treaties, I'm not clear on how much preexisting diplomatic agreements disappear..."
"Discussing that with the other new Amentan member states is probably a good idea but I can't imagine that anyone who just acquired a planet plans to keep their growth rate as low as when it was a necessity, and we would certainly protect you against retaliation for having a growth rate appropriate to your current resources - we actually don't care if you have population control at all, Mîr would always take people if you outgrew our ability to get you planets, but I understand that it seems like the height of irresponsibility to abandon them entirely without a plan to manage indefinitely."
"A bit, yes. I'm considering - unlimited with disqualifications - it could be scaled down to the Voan system if it were ever necessary, just automatically disqualify anyone with two already."
"I don't want to overwhelm our people with foreign - everything - at least not right away. Tourists, sure, we'll - see how that goes."
"I think that's wise. Thank you very much for your time. I'll send introductions along over the next couple of days - when you submit people for teleportation you can say that I think that should get expedited review -"
"Was that a good idea?" Mareth asks him later. She's moved on to little clay sculptures; she embellishes them with pins from her hair.
"...I think most places have lots of things wrong with them but, uh, think those things are wrong. They're - compromises, they're not the whole point. So when people say 'no, not that, we'll give you whatever you want to stop doing that', they don't feel like they're being coerced with huge bribes into destroying something they care about, they feel like people are giving them lots of stuff to fix things with."
"I can't actually figure out which things you think are bad, except for arresting people who kill reds."
"It's - it feels degrading to construe reds as being on the same plane as clean people in importance."
"It doesn't feel like you're elevating them, that's - emotionally impossible, it just feels like a threat."
" - if we think of you like reds then why would our promises to you mean anything, your promises to reds certainly don't..."